Join Tom Carson on this special trip to University of Louisville Library to see first editions of some of the texts discussed in Close Encounters with Classics I.  Here is a partial list of books we will examine:

• Euclid. Elementa Geometriae.   Venice, 1482  (First printed version)

• Copernicus.  De revolutionibus orbium cœlestium. Nuremberg, 1543 

• Galileo.  Dialago…, Florence, 1632

• Newton.  Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica. London, 1687 (handwritten annotations by Newton on errata leaf)

Some first editions, or very early editions, of nonmathematical literature we will examine:

• Fragments: illuminated manuscript leaves; leaf of Gutenberg 42 line Bible; indentures; Ethiopian codex

• Schedel. Liber Cronicarum. Nuremberg, 1493

• (an incomplete history of the world with blank leaves for future authors to complete)

• Foxe. Acts and monuments of matters most special and memorable, happening in the church. London, 1684

• Shakespeare. Comedies, histories, and tragedies. (4th folio) London, 1685

These are but a few of the very special works that we will not only view, but handle.  That’s correct, these books are not in cases as museum pieces.  We will handle these books.

We will gather at 8:00 AM Monday, July 18th, at the Franklin Classical School/Christ Community front parking lot and caravan to Louisville.  We will leave Louisville around 5:00 PM so that we return to the FCS/CC parking lot at approximately 7:00 PM (Louisville is Eastern time).  Space is limited to 11 participants.