NEW YORK, NY.- On December 2, Christie’s is pleased to offer Beautiful Evidence: The Library of Edward Tufte, a superb sale comprised of nearly 200 rare books, including major works in the history of science, statistical graphics, 20th-century artists books, and Edward Tufte artworks. Formed over the past thirty years, this important and rare collection documents his research, scholarship, writing, design and artwork, from the 15th through the 20th centuries. Highlights include: Colonna, Francesco (1433-1527). Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse docet atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat, in Italian. Venice: Aldus Manutius for Leonardus Crassus, December 1499. The first edition of the most celebrated illustrated printed book of the Italian Renaissance. Estimate: $400,000