The Almagest / On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres / Epitome of Copernican Astronomy: IV and V / The Harmonies of the World V by Ptolemy / Copernicus / Kepler - 1952
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The Almagest / On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres / Epitome of Copernican Astronomy: IV and V / The Harmonies of the World V
by Ptolemy / Copernicus / Kepler
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Green cloth covered boards with gold print on the spine. Light wear to spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Encyclopedia Britannica Great Books of the Western World Volume 16, 1952 1st edition (later reprinting), 1085 pages. 8vo (9.5" x 6.5") Contains important works of astronomy, from ancient times to the 17th century. The Almagest, by Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaus), translated by R. Catesby Taliaferro; On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, by Nicolaus Copernicus, translated by Charles Glenn Wallis; Books 4 and 5 of Epitome of Copernican Astronomy and Book 5 of The Harmonies of the World, by Johannes Kepler, also translated by Charles Glenn Wallis. These are modern translations, produced for St. John's College and the Encyclopedia Britannica Great Books series.
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- Publisher Encyclopedia Britannica
- Place of Publication Chicago
- Date Published 1952
- Pages 1085
- Size 8vo
- Keywords Great Books, Astronomy
- Size 8vo
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Great Books of the Western World, [1988, Volume 16: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler ] (The Almagest / On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres / Epitome of Copernican Astronomy IV and V; The Harmonies of the World V)
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Great Books of the Western World, [1988, Volume 16: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler ] (The Almagest / On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres / Epitome of Copernican Astronomy IV and V; The Harmonies of the World V)
by Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler
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