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Commentariolus and letter to Bernard Wapowski
Nicolaus Copernicus
EPITOME OF THE NEW ASTRONOMY (COMMENTARIOLUS) BEFORE 1514.
Copy of Duncan Liddel of 2 November 1585, written on six pages placed between pages of the copy of "De revolutionibus" Basileae 1566
Aberdeen, University Library, King's College, 521 Cop. 22, pages: Hr-v, 85bis r-v, 100 bis r, 148bis r-v, 160bis v, 168ter r-v.
30 x 20 cm
Copy acompanied by "De revolutionibus" Basileae 1566, owned by John Hevelius.
Stockholm, Kunglige Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Biblioteket, s. 1-16 (nosign.)
29 x 19,5 cm
Copy of Christian Sorensen Longberg (Longomontanusa), made after 1589.
Wien, Österreichische National Bibliothek, Handschriften- und Inkunabelsammlung, Cod. 10530, k. 34-43
22 x 16 cm
Nicolaus Copernicus
LETTER TO BERNARD WAPOWSKI "DE OCTAVA SPHAERA" OF 3 JUNE 1524
Copy of Henry Savile of 1578.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, man. Savile 47, K. 28-32v.
22 x 16 cm (k.28), 18,5 x 14,5 cm (k.29-31), 19,5 x 14,5 cm (k.32)
Duplicate by Thomas Smith of XVII c.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, man. Smith 93, K. 173 and 180 v.
21 x 15 cm
Duplicate by Stephen Rigaud of November 1823.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, man. Rigaud 43, K. 59 and 73.
22,5 x 14 cm.
Copy dated on 30 March 1575
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Handschriften- und Inkunabelsammlung, Cod. 973726, k. 1-9v
20 x 16 cm
Copy by Johann Praetorius of 1569.
Schweinfurt, Stadtarchiv, man.1 Ha 14, k. 9-13v.
21 x 17 cm
Copy made after 1571.
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Cod. Lat. Fol. 83, k. 8-10.
29,5 x 20 cm
Copy made on the front (303/304) and back (305/306) protection leaf and the back fly-leaf (307) of volume including the copy of "De revolutionibus" by Copernicus, Basileae 1566, bound together with "Epitome" Regiomontana, Nürnberg1550 (302 - front fly-leaf of this volume).
Uppsala, Astronomska Observatoriet, Coll. Hjörther, H. III. 34.
30 x 21 cm


Writings on coinage
Nicolaus Copernicus
CONSIDERATIONS, 15 AUGUST 1517.
Contemporary copy
Warsaw, The Central Archives of Old Records, Libri legationum 5, K. 170v-173v.
29,5 x 19 cm
Contemporary copy.
Wroc³aw, Library of the Ossoliñski Institute, Teki Górskiego, man. 199, p. 264-269.
30,5 x 20,5 cm
The first page of the copy of middle XVIII c.
Gdañsk, The State Archives, 300 R/Dt, p. 179
33,5 x 21 cm
Nicolaus Copernicus
GERMAN TRANSLATION OF TREATISE "CONSIDERATIONS", 1519
Copy of 1522 with "supplement" of 1522 . (K. 546 - 546v).
Gdañsk, The State Archives, 300, 29/6, k.542v-546v.
29,5 x 22 cm
The first edition of: Caspar Schütz, Historia rerum Prussicarum, Zerbst 1592, K. 517-519
Cracow, The Czartoryski Library, 6 III Cim.
31,5 x 20,5 cm
The Latin abridgement of the German version of treatise "considerations" of the end of XVI c.
Toruñ, The State Archives, Cat. II - VII 4, s. 334-336.
32,5 x 20 cm
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
ESSAY ON THE COINAGE (1525-1526) ACCOMPANIED BY GERMAN TEXT OF MALBORK RESOLUTION OF 6 NOVEMBER 1418 AND THE NOTE "IN LIBRO ACTORUM ANTIQUO"
copy done by Felix Reich (k.1v-note In libro actorum antiquo, k. 6v - Malbork resolution).
Berlin, Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, XX. HA StA Königsberg, HBA, H, Kasten 752, k. 1-6v.
32 x 22 cm
Copy out of the Frederic Fischer collection, chancellor of the duke of Prussia, Albert ( k. 48-49 - Malbork resolution, k. 49v-50 - note "In libro actorum antiquo").
Berlin, Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, XX. HA StA Königsberg, Ostpreussische Folianten, Nr 12868, K. 41-50 (according new numeration K. 38-47).
28,5 x 21,5 cm
Lidzbark copy done for the bishop Maurice Ferber.
(k. 91-91v - Malbork resolution)
Cracow, The Czartoryski Library, man. 259, K. 85v-91v.
30 x 20 x5 cm