1610 ca, ITALY: Five diagrams of the surface of the moon, during its phases. Aquatint after the original by Galileo Galilei. GALILEO GALILEI (Pisa 1564-Arcetri 1642) was an italian physicist and astronomer, father of modern Science, author of studies" Il Saggiatore" (1623)"Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo" (1630-1631) and" Discorsi intorno a due nuove scienze" (1638)