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Maurolico, Francesco (1494-1575) Cosmographia in Tres Dialogos Distincta.
Paris: Apud Gulielmum Cavellat, 1558.
Second edition, the first printed in France, woodcut printer's device to title page; illustrated with text diagrams; bound in full contemporary limp parchment, with contemporary one-line inscription in Greek on front fly leaf and Latin marginalia here and there in the text; (final blank somewhat torn away, lacking ties); 6 3/4 x 4 in.
Adams M-918; Sabin 46958; Alden 558/28.
"Columbus and Vespucci are mentioned, but more important is this book in relation to Copernicus' great work, published at the same time [as the first edition, in 1543]. Maurolycus was the very first to condemn Copernicus." (Ernst Weil, catalogue description, mid-20th century)
Ex libris Professor, Astronomer, Historian & Bibliophile Owen Gingerich.
