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This book presents the first interdisciplinary study of Alessandro Piccolomini’s two early astronomical works – De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse.  First published in Venice in 1540, the two treatises are amongst the earliest scientific texts written in the vernacular (Italian) and were specifically composed to make astronomical principles and practices available to a lay reader. 

The book includes modern editions of the original Italian texts and an English translation of both treatises (all appended as Electronic Supplementary Material to the online...

This is a set offering the Springer books “Alessandro Piccolomini’s Early Astronomical Works: I. An Exploration of Their Cultural Significance” (ISBN 978-3-031-56785-8) and “Alessandro Piccolomini’s Early Astronomical Works: II. An Examination of Their Scientific Content” (ISBN 978-3-031-56329-4).

They present the first detailed scientific examination of Alessandro Piccolomini’s two early astronomical works – De la Sfera del Mondo and De le Stelle Fisse .