First editions of Galileo and Newton, stolen in 2017, have been recovered

Last Friday was marred by the news that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away.

But before that, readers did hear one piece of good news: that a number of “irreplaceable” books stolen in 2017 were recovered.

The Associated Press reports that the approximately 200 rare and valuable books were found under a house in Romania on September 16.

Among them: first editions of works by Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton.

The books, which together are valued at $3.2 million, were stolen from a London warehouse in 2017.

You can read more about how the case was cracked from the AP.

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