COPERNICUS Nicolaus. De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium Libri VI. Torino, Chiantore, 1943.
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Start Price 200 € /
Description
Small Folio mm. 320 x 220, pp. [4]preliminari and leaves [8], 196, [1]. Copernico’s portrait at the opening, geometric illustrations within the text. Publisher wrappers.
Facsimile reprint of the original edition of Nuremberg in 1543, etched in the typography of Vincenzo Bona in Turin in an edition of 300 copies on handmade paper [200 for the Italian publisher, 100 for Roskam publisher of Amsterdam], performed for the fourth centenary of the publication of De Revolutionibus. Surprising the elegance of the reprint, executed May 24, 1943, despite the hardships of the war and the Allied bombing of Turin.
Condition Report: Slight sign of wear at the binding, good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
Facsimile reprint of the original edition of Nuremberg in 1543, etched in the typography of Vincenzo Bona in Turin in an edition of 300 copies on handmade paper [200 for the Italian publisher, 100 for Roskam publisher of Amsterdam], performed for the fourth centenary of the publication of De Revolutionibus. Surprising the elegance of the reprint, executed May 24, 1943, despite the hardships of the war and the Allied bombing of Turin.
Condition Report: Slight sign of wear at the binding, good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
