De principiis astronomiae et cosmographiae: deque vsu globi ab eode[m] editi. Item de orbis diuisione, [&] insulis, rebúsq[ue]; nuper inue[n]tis. : Eiusdem libellus de locorum describendorum ratione. Et de eorum distantiis inueniendis, nunquam antehac visus.

Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555 · 1548 · Parisiis, : Apud Thomam Richardum, sub Bibliis Aureis, ex aduerso Collegij Remensis. · 6 pictures

A 1548 Latin treatise on astronomy, cosmography and the use of the globe by Gemma Frisius, printed in Paris by Thomas Richard for scholars of geography and navigation. Its pictures are woodcut historiated initials with foliage and interlace beside dense black-letter text, plus a diagram of meridian lines, a scale and a circle; a designer might borrow the ornate capitals and the crisp scientific line diagrams.

Geography -- Early works to 1800 · Astronomical instruments

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