Nicholas Copernicus Complete Works II: On the Revolutions

Nicholas Copernicus

Published by Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw-Cracow, 1978

An excellent facsimile containing Nicholas Copernicus' translated 'On the Revolutions', his theorised astronomical model of our Universe. The first edition of this facsimile of the translation.In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper (unpriced).From the publisher's series of Nicholas Copernicus' complete works. This is the very scarce second volume, following the facsimile of the same work's manuscript.Containing the complete six books of 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres', seminal work that details polymath Nicholas Copernicus' heliocentric theory.The theory offers an astronomical model that positions the Sun at the enter of the Universe, motionless, with Earth and the other planets orbiting around it in circular paths.Originally published in 1543, it offered an alternative to the widely accepted geocentric system promoted by Ptolemy. In the original cloth binding, with a coloured portrait tipped in to the front board. With the original unclipped dust wrapper (unpriced). Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the extremities. Dust wrapper is very smart, with edge wear and marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine. Seller Inventory # 926Y30

Bibliographic Details

Title: Nicholas Copernicus Complete Works II: On ...
Publisher: Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw-Cracow
Publication Date: 1978
Binding: Cloth
Illustrator: None
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed
Book Type: book