The Starry Messenger: Galileo's first lessons from the stars sell at Christie's

The Starry Messenger: Galileo's first lessons from the stars sell at Christie's

A founding work of astronomy leads the way ahead of art works by Picasso and the collector himself
Galileo's Systema Cosmicum comes into Heritage's orbit

Galileo's Systema Cosmicum comes into Heritage's orbit

The classic work in which Galileo argues that the Earth goes round the Sun has come up for auction
$122k for Galileo's first ever telescope observations

$122k for Galileo's first ever telescope observations

The text has sold alongside Uncle Tom's Cabin, 'the most influential C19th fictional work,' at Sotheby's

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