THEORIES

OF THE MEDICEAN

PLANETS

DEDUCED FROM PHYSICAL CAUSES

by

GIOVANNI ALFONSO BORELLI

Formerly at the Academy of Messina, but now Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the Academy of Pisa.

TO THE MOST SERENE

FERDINAND II,

GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY.

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A decorative horizontal woodcut ornament features two stylized faces, known as mascarons, at the ends with a central floral arrangement. To the left is a circular ink stamp from the National Library of Vittorio Emanuele III in Naples. To the right is an embossed heraldic seal showing a crown above the Medici coat of arms, which contains six spheres.

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FLORENCE, From the Printing House of His Serene Grand Duke, 1666

WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE AUTHORITIES. original: "SUPERIORUM PERMISSU." This indicates the book passed the necessary religious and secular censorship of the time.

A second circular library stamp from the National Library in Naples appears at the bottom right of the page.