De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium Libri Vi Habes In Hoc Opere Iam Recens Nato Aedito Studiose

by Nicolaus Copernicus

$2,500,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition

FIRST EDITION, and a very fine and crisp copy. Bound in attractive, contemporary Parisian calf with some discreet repairs. The boards are blind-ruled and adorned with gold-tooled ornaments. This is one of very few to have appeared on the market in a contemporary binding. The text is in excellent condition, with just minor blemishes small early erasure of an ownership inscription on the title just slightly touching the “D.” in the date.

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