COPERNICUS, MIKOŁAJ (1473-1543). Bust in oval; engraved. T. de Bry (tied monogram on right p.), taken from: J.J. Boissard, Icones virorum illustrium doctrina et eruditione praestantium [...], part 3: III Pars Iconum virorum illustrium quorum alii quidem inter vivos esse iam olim desierunt [...], Frankfurt am Main 1598; bottom two-line: Non docet instabiles Copernicus aetheris orbes. / Sed terrrae instabiles arguit ille vices; copper b., cut from original sheet and bound in later paper, st. bdb., plate imprint missing; dimensions 105x137 mm; title in oval frame around portrait: NICOLAUS COPERNICUS Tornaeus Borussus, Mathemat. Nat. Ao. 1473. ob. 1543; [Catalogue of portraits 2378].