BÉRIGARD, Claude Guillermet de.

Dubitationes in Dialogum Galilaei Galilaei Lyncei...ubi notatur Simplicii vel praevaricatio, vel simplicitas, quod nullum efficax superesse Peripateticis argumentum ad terrae immobilitatem probandam tam facile concesserit.

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68 pp., one leaf of errata & printer’s license, & one blank leaf. Small 4to, cont. semi-stiff boards. Florence: P. Nestus, 1632. First edition and a marvelous copy in original state of one of the great rarities in the Galileian literature. This is the first published criticism of Galileo’s Dialogo, issued just a few months after the publication of Galileo’s great book. Bérigard (d. 1664), studied medicine and philosophy at Aix-en-Provence and was summoned to Tuscany in 1625 where he taught philosophy at Pisa. “In 1632 Bérigard published the Dubitationes, concerning Galileo’s Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (condemned in 1633). Galileo himself is quoted as saying to Elie Diodati (25 July 1634) that it was more out of obligation than conviction. Bérigard, who must have known Galileo personally, always praised him, but remained firmly convinced of the earth’s immobility.”–D.S.B., II, p. 13. The text contains many references to Kepler, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe. Bérigard moved to Padua in 1640 where he became well-known as a teacher and succeeded Liceti in 1653. In his remaining years, he followed Gassendi in reviving atomism. A great scholar, Bérigard remained deeply involved in preparing the future for a rational physics. A fine and large copy of this rare book. Errata leaf and final blank present. ❧ Cinti 90–(with an excellent account of the contents of the book).

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