By David J. Eicher
The title page of the incredibly rare pirated edition of John Flamsteed’s Historiae coelestis, produced under the guidance of Isaac Newton and Edmond Halley in 1712, against Flamsteed’s wishes; Owen Gingerich Collection, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, photographed September 20, 2013.
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