Ad clarissimum virum D. Ioannem Schonerum, De libris reuolutionu[m] eruditissimi viri, & mathematici excellentissimi, Reuerendi D. Doctoris Nicolai Copernici ... per quendam Iuuenem, mathematicae stud no.1
2. The "Narratio Prima" of Copernicus
Known generally as the Narratio prima, this was the first appearance in print
of Copernicus's revolutionary idea of placing the Earth at the center of the
solar system. Only some two dozen copies are known to exist and only five of
them are in America.





















