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437 - BLAEU, Willem Jansz *Tweevoudigh onderwiis van de hemelsche en aerdsche Globen*; One based on Ptolemy’s theory with a stationary Earth; the other based on the natural theory of N. Copernicus with a rotating Earth. Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1666; 2 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [4]-163, 88 pp. (a few spots). Temporary cardboard binding (some rubbing). Uncut copy. Very popular textbook on cosmography (1st ed. 1620) by W. Blaeu (1571–1638). With numerous woodcut illustrations or diagrams in the text. Blaeu was one of the first Copernicans in the Dutch Republic and aimed with this book to promote the Copernican hypothesis. Ref. De La Lande, p. 271. - STCN.
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BLAEU, Willem Jansz *Tweevoudigh onderwiis van de hemelsche en aerdsche Globen*; One based on Ptolemy’s theory with a stationary Earth; the other based on the natural theory of N. Copernicus with a rotating Earth. Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1666; 2 parts in 1 vol., 4to: [4]-163, 88 pp. (a few spots). Temporary cardboard binding (some rubbing). Uncut copy. Very popular textbook on cosmography (1st ed. 1620) by W. Blaeu (1571–1638). With numerous woodcut illustrations or diagrams in the text. Blaeu was one of the first Copernicans in the Dutch Republic and aimed with this book to promote the Copernican hypothesis. Ref. De La Lande, p. 271. - STCN.
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