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Letters to Father : Sister  Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623-1633
Letters to Father Sister Maria Celeste to Galileo 16231633
Author: Maria Galilei
When she was 13, Virginia Galilei, eldest daughter of the great scientist Galileo, was placed by her father in a convent near him in Florence and took the name Suor Maria Celeste. Unable to see him except on his occasional visits, she wrote him continually, as her 124 surviving letters (which Galileo kept) attest. Now, for the first time, all of...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780802713872
ISBN-10: 0802713874
Publication Date: 11/1/2001
Pages: 352
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: Walker & Company
Book Type: Hardcover
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