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228 - ARISTOTE. De cœlo libri quatuor. Lyon, Thibaud Payen, 1559. …
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ARISTOTE. De cœlo libri quatuor. Lyon, Thibaud Payen, 1559. In-8, reused manuscript vellum, smooth spine, red edges (Modern binding). A rare edition of one of the most important treatises on ancient cosmology: Ptolemy based his geocentric system on the Aristotelian model of the universe, a system that was not challenged until the discoveries of Copernicus nearly two millennia later. The Latin translation is by Jean Argyropoulos (c. 1395-1487), the famous Byzantine humanist who was one of Lorenzo de' Medici's tutors. A fine paperback copy in a handwritten parchment leaf. It contains a few old handwritten annotations. Marginal worm hole, small angular wetness. HL, 807 - Gültlingen, VII, 72: 444.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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