Nicolaus Copernicus [Copernico] on his death bed receives a copy of his book 'On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres' From the book La ciencia y sus hombres : vidas de los sabios ilustres desde la antigüedad hasta el siglo XIX T. 2 [Science and its men: lives of the illustrious sages from antiquity to the 19th century Vol 2] By by Figuier, Louis, (1819-1894); Casabó y Pagés, Pelegrín, n. 1831 Published in Barcelona by D. Jaime Seix, editor , 1879 (Imprenta de Baseda y Giró)

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