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The Castle of Knowledge
Robert Recorde's First English Astronomy Book Sold for £10,000
November 2, 2023
A scarce astronomy treatise, written by a Welshman before Galileo was born, has been sold to a private international buyer after an intense bidding war.
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Ivy Ridge Books
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Fayetteville, NY 13066
(215) 622-3141
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Durham, NC 27705
(919) 448-7847
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Booklyn, Inc.
140 58th Street, Building B, 7-G
Brooklyn, NY 11220
(917) 406-1038
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