A $2 Million Bet on Three Books That Unlocked the Universe
Sotheby's is auctioning Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton first editions together for the first time, a rare chance to own the scientific revolution.
Sotheby's is offering a trio of history-making science books by Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton, with a combined estimate of $2 million. For collectors and institutions, this marks a rare opportunity to acquire foundational works that reshaped human understanding of the cosmos.
For $2 million, you could own the three books that literally changed how humanity sees the universe. Sotheby's is auctioning a rare collection of science texts, bringing together Copernicus's De revolutionibus, Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius, and Newton's Principia in a single lot. These are not just old books; they are the foundational documents of modern astronomy and physics, the very works that shifted our place from the center of everything to a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos. The auction house is presenting them as a feast of rare science, and for collectors, it is a once-in-a-generation chance to own the intellectual spark of the scientific revolution.
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