Article ID: CBB896915924

On a Newly Discovered Copy of Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus 1543 Edition (2016)

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The present paper follows the method introduced in the seminal Census of Owen Gingerich, and describes three annotated copies of Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus princeps edition. One of them was totally unknown in the literature, being absent from the catalogue of its owner (the Library of the Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch). The copies discussed here are rich in annotations, one of them being comparable with the most annotated copies described in the Census. The thesis advanced by Owen Gingerich about the continuity in the reading of Copernicus’ book is again confirmed. Details of the annotations are presented, and their images are for the first time shown in a specialized publication.

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Authors & Contributors
Segonds, Alain-Philippe
Ragep, F. Jamil
Lerner, Michel-Pierre
Goddu, André
Karas, Marcin
Nikfahm Khubravan, Sajjad
Concepts
Heliocentrism
Cosmology
Astronomy
Copernicanism
Revolutions in science
Orbits; planets
Time Periods
16th century
Renaissance
17th century
15th century
Early modern
Ancient
Places
Italy
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Poland
Latin America
Europe
Persia (Iran)
Institutions
Colegio de San Carlos (Lima, Peru)
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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