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GALILEUS. Systema cosmicum... in quo quatuor dialogis, de du…
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261
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GALILEUS. Systema cosmicum... in quo quatuor dialogis, de du…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
GALILEUS. Systema cosmicum... in quo quatuor dialogis, de duobus maximis mundi systematibus, Ptolemaico & Copernicano... London, Thomas Dicas, 1663. In-12, granite calf, spine decorated, spotted edges (Binding of the period). First edition published in England, and the third Latin edition of the Dialogue sur les deux grands systèmes du monde (published in Italian in Florence in 1632), translated by Matthias Bernegger.
It is extremely rare on the market.
A frontispiece and some thirty woodcut geometrical and astronomical figures in the text.
Restorations to the binding, corners slightly dulled, rare foxing and spotting.
Carli & Favaro, 287 - Riccardi, I, 513.10 - ESTC: R14895.
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
Auction location
Auction time
06/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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