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Summary
Illus. and text in: De caelo / Aristoteles. Venice : B. Locatellus for O. Scotus, 1495.
Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 255.
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finding our place in the cosmos from galileo to sagan and beyond
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Date
01/01/1495
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