Limited and scholarly editions

Lot 32
05.02.2026 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1540280
Lot 32 | Limited and scholarly editions
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$ 1 200 – 1 800
FACSIMILE EDITIONS. Seven astronomical classics, reprinted 1965-2017.

Limited and scholarly editions. Comprises: COPERNICUS, Nicolaus. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. Brussels, Impression Anastaltique Culture et Civilisation, 1966. Half calf. * GALILEO, Galilei. Sidereus nuncius. University of Oklahoma: Byzantium Press, 2004. Vellum. With accompanying cloth-bound guide. Together in half morocco box. * GALILEO, Galilei. Dialogo. Florence: Leo Olschki, 2001. Vellum. With accompanying text booklet. Together in cloth box. * KEPLER, Johannes. Astronomia nova. Brussels: Impression Anastaltique Culture et Civilisation, 1968. * NEWTON, Isaac. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Brussels: Impression Anastaltique, 1965. * NEWTON, Isaac. Opticks. Brussels: Impression Anastaltique, 1966. * Die grosse Flamsteed-Edition. Cologne: Albiero Verlag, 2017. Quarter cloth. With text booklet by Henk BRIL and 3 folders of color plates. Housed together in pictorial slipcase.

Together, seven titles. Various sizes, at similar sizes to the source editions (excepting Flamsteed). Original bindings. Overall excellent condition.
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