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WarnerD. J., The sky explored: Celestial cartography 1500–1800 (New York and Amsterdam, 1979), 9.
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The conclusive hint to the Italian lira of Renaissance times came from my esteemed colleague, Prof. Th. Göllner of Munich.
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