Nicolas Copernicus

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Nicolas Copernic

C.B.; [after Anne Claude Philippe, Compte de CAYLUS]; [after Jacob van MEURS]
Paris,
chรฉs Odieuvre,
[1755-1765].
18153

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In the mid-seventeenth century, Jacob van Meurs had published a portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus holding a scientific instrument and wearing a fur-trimmed coat. This image was later copied by the antiquarian Anne Claude Philippe, Compte de Caylus, and engraved by a C.B., to be published by the Parisian firm Odiuvre. This later print varies little from van Meurs', except that the lettered oval frame has been replaced by a caption beneath the portrait. ...

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