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Niccolò Copernico

De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium Books sex cum commentariis manu scriptis Tychonis Brahe, 1971

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Information

Prague, Pragopress Editio Cimelia Bohemica, 1971. 280 x 190 mm. Full ivory parchment binding with inscriptions on the upper plate, annexed commentary and additional geometric tables, editorial box in gray cardboard.

Specialist Notes

Anastatic reprint of the edition of Basel, 1566 of Copernicus's "De Revolutionibus" with the handwritten notes of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) is at the center of the universe but the planets revolve around the sun.