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The manuscript of Nicholas Copernicus' 'On the revolutions' : facsimile /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 (Author)
Corporate Author: Polska Akademia Nauk. Institute for the History of Science and Technology
Other Authors: Czartoryski, Pawel, Nierada, Zygmunt, Hilfstein, Erna
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : MacMillan ; 1972.
New York : Collier-MacMillan, 1972.
Series:Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543. Works. 1972 ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Solar system.
Astronomy > Early works to 1800.
Système solaire.
Astronomie > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Astronomy.
Early works.
Description
Item Description:Facsimile of autograph manuscript at the Jagiellonian Library, Cracow.
Limited edition of 1500 copies for the five hundredth anniversary of his birth.
Edition sponsored by the Committee and the Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Polish Academy of Science.
Physical Description:ix, 24 pages, 213 leaves on [426] pages : 12 unnumbered leaves of plates, illustrations, facsimilies ; 30 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0333140346
9780333140345