Biblioteca Particular
Lot 20:
PEURBACH (Georg von)
LE NUOVE Teoriche dei Pianeti. Ridotte ad ogni termine di veritá, & illustrate di dotte figure da Pietro Apiano […]. Hora in questa lingua traciute dallo stesso di belle annotationi. Venetia: Apresso Giovan Battista, 1566.
*8, A-G8, H4; [8], 59, [1 br.] ff.; 150 mm. Half cloth; trimmed; blue edges.
Rare edition of a classic work of Renaissance astronomy, in an Italian translation. Born in Peurbach, Austria, Georg Aupekh is considered one of the precursors of the heliocentric vision, having built several innovative measuring instruments. Part of his work was translated by Pedro Nunes into Portuguese. Rare.
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