The Book Nobody Read by Owen Gingerich

Subtitled "Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus." Gingerich writes about his quest to find every first and second edition of De revolutionibus by Copernicus. The book covers astronomy, cosmology, printing, and the tracing and collecting of rare books. Gingerich has learned everything imaginable about each remaining copy of Copernicus's book by traveling throughout the world, examining, measureing and photographing every known copy. The book is filled with interesting stories of books lost and found, stolen and recovered, and special emphasis is on annotations by readers who proved the title of this book false.