Nicolaus Copernicus mb-width 1315 Rik Mayall as Rick

Rik Mayall as Rick

The work is inscribed with plate details and below 'English Long-eared Bat

This comment caused great concern in amongst Conservatives and much alarm amongst the Anglican hierarchy

In the foreground a horse and carriage can be seen

Martin Lane

Nicolaus Copernicus mb-width 1315 Rik Mayall as RickNicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer, (1660 1661). Detail from a map showing the Copernican system of planetary orbits (the 'Planisphaerium Copernicanum'). From The Celestial Atlas, or The Harmony of the Universe (Atlas coelestis seu harmonia macrocosmica) by Andreas Cellarius, published by Johannes Janssonius, (Amsterdam 1660 1661).