{"id":13038,"date":"2023-11-13T21:12:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T21:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13038"},"modified":"2024-01-01T21:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T21:17:45","slug":"the-castle-of-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2023\/11\/13\/the-castle-of-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Castle of Knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/incredibly-rare-first-english-astronomy-book-published-467-years-ago-sells-for-thousands-5520112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from The Epoch Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Incredibly Rare First English Astronomy Book, Published 467 Years Ago, Sells for Thousands<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author\/swns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SWNS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-2-657x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-2-657x1024.png 657w, https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-2-480x748.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 657px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A 467-year-old astronomy book\u2014which was the first ever to be written in English\u2014has fetched 10,000 pounds (approx. $12,000) at auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cincredibly scarce\u201d first edition of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Mqr35v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Castle of Knowledge<\/a>\u201c by Welshman Robert Recorde was found in an old box of books by antiques experts.&nbsp;It was the first astronomical text to be published in English in 1556 and is believed to be the oldest surviving example of its kind in existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The historical book\u2014published before famous Italian astronomer Galileo was even born\u2014went under the hammer at <a href=\"https:\/\/hansonsauctioneers.co.uk\/first-english-astronomy-book-written-before-galileo-was-born-sparks-sky-high-bids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hansons Auctioneers<\/a> in England on Wednesday, Nov. 1. It sold for 10,000 pounds to a private international buyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/bright\/incredibly-rare-first-english-astronomy-book-published-467-years-ago-sells-for-thousands-5520112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at The Epoch Times<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from The Epoch Times Incredibly Rare First English Astronomy Book, Published 467 Years Ago, Sells for Thousands By\u00a0SWNS A 467-year-old astronomy book\u2014which was the first ever to be written in English\u2014has fetched 10,000 pounds (approx. $12,000) at auction. The \u201cincredibly scarce\u201d first edition of \u201cThe Castle of Knowledge\u201c by Welshman Robert Recorde was found in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literary-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}