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Creator
Date
MDCXXXVII [1637]
Location
A Paris
Paris, France
Paris, France
Media format
Printed text
Extent
[8], 487, [1] p.
Language
French
Size
17 cm
Genre
Commentary
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 263186
Folger call number: 266- 596q
Folger holdings ID: 348629
Accession Number: 266596
Folger call number: 266- 596q
Folger holdings ID: 348629
Accession Number: 266596
Summary
A defense of the heliocentric theory espoused by Copernicus against the French mathematician and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin
Notes
Bibliographic format
octavo
General notes
Dedicatory epistle signed: Iacobus Humius Scotus "Auec priuilege du roy." "Acheué d'imprimer le 15. Nouembre 1636"--Colophon Signatures: ã⁴(±ã2) A-3P⁴
Item information about Folger 266- 596q
Manuscript monogram 'AC'; another monogram ('HC'?) effaced. Quarter bound in vellum with marbled paper boards, green leather spine label; spine sewing visible. Acquired from Sokol Books, 2011-10-28
Also known as
Extended title: Spheres de Copernic et Ptolomee : avec l'vsage et construction des tables spheriques de Regiomontanus : dediée a Son Excellence monseigneur Robert Sidney, comte de Leicestre, vicomte de l'Isle, baron de Pense-Hurste, &c., ambassadeur extraordinaire pour Sa Majesté de la Grande Bretagne, vers le roy Tres-Chrestien Louys XIII
Subjects
Related names
author: Hume, James, active 1633-1640
subject: Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
subject: Morin, Jean Baptiste, 1583-1656
subject: Ptolemy, active 2nd century
bookseller: Boulanger, Louis, -1658
dedicatee: Leicester, Robert Sidney, Earl of, 1595-1677
subject: Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
subject: Morin, Jean Baptiste, 1583-1656
subject: Ptolemy, active 2nd century
bookseller: Boulanger, Louis, -1658
dedicatee: Leicester, Robert Sidney, Earl of, 1595-1677