Antiquarian science books

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Antiquarian science books are original historical works (e.g., books or technical papers) concerning science, mathematics and sometimes engineering. These books are important primary references for the study of the history of science and technology, they can provide valuable insights into the historical development of the various fields of scientific inquiry (History of science, History of mathematics, etc.)

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Vesalius, Fabrica, 16th century

The landmark are significant first (or early) editions typically worth hundreds or thousands of dollars (prices may vary widely based on condition, etc.).[1] Reprints of these books are often available, for example from Great Books of the Western World, Dover Publications or Google Books.

Incunabula are extremely rare and valuable, but as the Scientific Revolution is only taken to have started around the 1540s, such works of Renaissance literature (including alchemy, Renaissance magic, etc.) are not usually included under the notion of "scientific" literature. Printed originals of the beginning Scientific Revolution thus date to the 1540s or later, notably beginning with the original publication of Copernican heliocentrism. Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium of 1543 sold for more than US$2 million at auctions.[2]

List of notable books

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Copernicus, De revolutionibus, 1500s

16th century

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Newton, Principia, 1600s

17th century

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Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, 1700s

18th century

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Lyell, Principles of Geology, 1800s

19th century

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Einstein, The Principle of Relativity, 1900s

20th century (pre-Cold War)

References

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  2. US$2,210,500 at a Christies auction in 2008.
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  4. De Humani Corporis Fabrica online — translated with full images, from Northwestern University
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