Nicholas Copernicus, 1473-1543 [Paperback]

ex-library paperback covered in plastic, usual library stamps/markings, otherwise clear text/illustrations, binding intact. Nicholas Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernik) 1473-1543, prepared by Dr. Jozef Rudnicki, translated from the Polish by B. W. A. Massey, with a foreword by Sir Arthur Eddington, published 1943 by The Copernicus Quatercentenary Celebration Committee, 25 plates + 53pp. Contents : I. Life II. The Porpounder of the Heliocentric System III. The Encloaedist IV. The Copernican System in Great Britain & V. Copernicus's Greatness as a Man, 25 plates all intact. Cover faded, grubby, & creased, some shelf wear & handling marks to page edges, sellotape used to reinforce inner hinges. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. 21B*.