The (likely) Last Edition of Copernicus’s Libri revolutionum

This edition of Copernicus’s major work, probably the last for the foreseeable future, represents the culmination of efforts that can be traced back to 1973. The two fundamental sources of De revolutionibus are Copernicus’s autograph copy which survived by sheer luck and the first edition published...

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Príomhchruthaitheoir: Goddu, André
Formáid: Article ou chapitre numérique
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Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Variants 2019
Rochtain ar líne:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Achoimre:This edition of Copernicus’s major work, probably the last for the foreseeable future, represents the culmination of efforts that can be traced back to 1973. The two fundamental sources of De revolutionibus are Copernicus’s autograph copy which survived by sheer luck and the first edition published in Nuremberg in 1543. Since the publication of the first edition in 1543 there have been several editions, notably a Polish critical edition and a German critical edition which appeared respective...