[Almagestum novum, frontispiece] [graphic]

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Title: [Almagestum novum, frontispiece] [graphic]
Creator: Curti, Francesco, 1610-1690, printmaker
Contributor: Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library)
Published / Created: [1651]
Publication Place: Italy
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title supplied by curator.
Almagestum novum by Giovanni Battista Riccioli was published in 1651 and is one of the earliest published books on astronomy.
Place of publication supplied by curator.
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Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Tycho.
Accompanying label: Title-page to the Almagestum Novum by G.B. Riccioli. 1651. Astronomia balancing the system of Tycho against that of Copernicus. B.199
Provenance: Gift of Dr. Edward Clark Streeter.
Extent: 1 print : image 32.5 x 21.1 cm
Language: Latin

Genre: Engravings
Material: engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Riccioli, Giovanni Battista, 1598-1671.
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.
Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Subject (Topic): Astronomy
Allegories
Celestial bodies
Putti
Telescopes
Eyes
Scales
Subjects: Riccioli, Giovanni Battista, 1598-1671
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543
Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Astronomy
Allegories
Celestial bodies
Putti
Telescopes
Eyes
Scales

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