De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, Libri VI

by Nicolaus Copernicus

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First edition

1543. 147 woodcut diagrams in the text. 6 p.l., 196 leaves. Small folio 272 x 190 mm. , cont. Parisian binding of light brown calf very skillful restorations to the binding , panelled in blind with gilt fleurons in the corners, gilt floral tool in the center of each cover of a hand holding flowers, small gilt stars in the six compartments of spine. Nuremberg: J. Petreius, 1543. First edition, and a very fine and crisp copy, of “the earliest of the

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