(Science Reference - Early Scientists) | A collection of 69 works

(Science Reference - Early Scientists)

A group of books about early scientists, including Newton, Galileo, and Copernicus, among others, including some facsimiles of their works, comprising 69 volumes, including:

Newton, Robert R., The Crime of Claudius Ptolemy, Baltimore, 1977, 8vo, hardcover

Westfall, R.S., Force in Newton's Physics: The Science of Dynamics in the Seventeenth Century, London and New York, 1971, 8vo, hardcover in dustjacket

Raeder, Hans, et al., Tycho Brahe's Description of his Instruments and Scientific Work as given in "Astonomiae Instauratae Mechanica," Copenhagen, 1946, 4to, wrappers

Drake, Stillman, Galileo Against the Philosophers..., Los Angeles, 1976, 8vo, hardcover

Galilei, Galileo, Stillman Drake (translator and editor), Albert Einstein (foreward), Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems — Ptolemaic & Copernican, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1953, 8vo, hardcover in dustjacket

Fahie, J. J. Galileo: His Life and Work. New York, 1903, 8vo, hardcover

Polish Academy of Science, Nicholas Copernicus Compete Works, I: The Manuscript of Nicholas Copericus' On the Revolutions Facsimile, London, Warsaw, Cracow, New York, 1972, fol., hardcover in dustjacket

Mizwa, Stephen P., Nicholas Copernicus: A Tribute of Nations, New York, 1945, 8vo, hardcover

The History of Science Society, et al., Johann Kepler, 1571-1630, A Tercentary Commemoration of his Life and Work, Baltimore, 1931, 8vo, hardcover in dustjacket

Kepler, Johannis, Michael Hoskin (intro.), Dioptrice, Cambridge, UK, 1962, 8vo, hardcover in slipcase

Gilbert, William, On the Magnet, London, 1900, limited edition, one of 250 copies printed for The Gilbert Club at the Chiswick Press, 4to, cloth-backed blue boards

A full list of books in this lot is available on request.

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