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Disambiguation Notice:
Please do not combine with engineer Daniel V. De Simone, author of books on engineering and the metric system. These are two different people. Cf. VIAF.
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Works by Daniel De Simone
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- Birthdate
- 1950-05-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Education
- Clark University
University of Dayton - Occupations
- Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection of The Library of Congress, since January 2000
owner of rare book company in NYC - Organizations
- Library of Congress
- Short biography
- Daniel De Simone is the curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. He was formerly the owner of an antiquarian book company and spent twenty-five years in the rare book trade.
- Disambiguation notice
- Please do not combine with engineer Daniel V. De Simone, author of books on engineering and the metric system. These are two different people. Cf. VIAF.
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A good quality book, but not a fine or limited edition. It was published to accompany an exhibition in Washington featuring the manuscript at the Library of Congress.
It contains a brief introduction about Galileo, followed by a facsimile of the Astronomicus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) which is printed on modern matt finish paper and runs to about 60 pages. Then there is a translation, and then several rather dry academic papers about the minutae of the manuscipt from the nature of the telescope he used and the paper on which the manuscript was written, to the refutations made by contemporaries of Galileo's findings.
I would happily pay US$40 for such a book, but in Australia it cost me US$155 including postage, which I felt was very excessive.
I have purchased much better books for less.… (more)
It contains a brief introduction about Galileo, followed by a facsimile of the Astronomicus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) which is printed on modern matt finish paper and runs to about 60 pages. Then there is a translation, and then several rather dry academic papers about the minutae of the manuscipt from the nature of the telescope he used and the paper on which the manuscript was written, to the refutations made by contemporaries of Galileo's findings.
I would happily pay US$40 for such a book, but in Australia it cost me US$155 including postage, which I felt was very excessive.
I have purchased much better books for less.… (more)
A very beautiful book, which displays Galileo's original observations and drawings made through his homemade telescope. Includes both the original Italian and translation, as well as extensive historical discussion about this unique event in history. Printed in rich high grade paper. One can only marvel at this man's intellect, to say nothing of his indomitable courage for upending the superstitions and fanaticism of his day.
Lessing J. Rosenwald and the "magnificent library" of C.W. Dyson Perrins / Paul Needham --
Venetian and Florentine Renaissance woodcuts for Bibles, liturgical books and devotional books / Lilian Armstrong --
The stylistic development of German book illustration, 1460-1511 / Daniela Laube --
Catalogue / Daniel De Simone.
Venetian and Florentine Renaissance woodcuts for Bibles, liturgical books and devotional books / Lilian Armstrong --
The stylistic development of German book illustration, 1460-1511 / Daniela Laube --
Catalogue / Daniel De Simone.
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Highly recommended.