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Offers a vivid depiction of Galileo's friend, student, and patron, Gianfrancesco Sagredo (1571-1620). The author uses as wide a variety of sources as possible - paintings, ornamental woodcuts, epistolary hoaxes, intercepted letters, murder case files, and others - to challenge the picture of early modern science as pious, serious, and ecumenical.

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"An engaging, original, and important work. Wilding's study will bring attention to issues such as the relationship of natural philosophy to statecraft; the establishment, shaping, and distortion of authorial identity; and the relevance of book and manuscript history to our understanding of how information traveled and was consumed by a vast range of readers." (Eileen Reeves, Princeton University)"

Galileos Idol Gianfrancesco Sagredo and the

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 11/28/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226166971, 978-0226166971
      ISBN10: 022616697X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers a vivid depiction of Galileo's friend, student, and patron, Gianfrancesco Sagredo (1571-1620). The author uses as wide a variety of sources as possible - paintings, ornamental woodcuts, epistolary hoaxes, intercepted letters, murder case files, and others - to challenge the picture of early modern science as pious, serious, and ecumenical.

      Trade Review
      "An engaging, original, and important work. Wilding's study will bring attention to issues such as the relationship of natural philosophy to statecraft; the establishment, shaping, and distortion of authorial identity; and the relevance of book and manuscript history to our understanding of how information traveled and was consumed by a vast range of readers." (Eileen Reeves, Princeton University)"

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