Science books fetch astronomical prices: Copernicus book $2.2M

I wrote about the Science book auction a few days ago.

Here is how much was realized for some of the notable books.

GALILEI, Galileo (1564-1642). Le operazioni del compasso geometrico, et militare. Padova: in the house of the author by Pietro Marinelli, 1606.

Price realized : $506,500

KEPLER, Johannes. Harmonices mundi libri V. Linz: Johann Planck for Gottfried Tampach, 1619.

Price realized : $306,000

COPERNICUS, Nicolaus (1473-1543). De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri V. Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1543.

Price realized : $2,210,500

In all, the total take from Tuesday’s auction at Christie’s New York came to more than $11 million — compared with a pre-sale estimate of $6 million.

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