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Petri Apiani Cosmographia,

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555. Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555. Usus annuli astronomici · 1540 · [Antwerp] : M.D.XL. Væneunt Antuerpiæ in pingui gallina Arnoldo Berckma[n]no., [1540] · 31 pictures

Petri Apiani's Cosmographia, printed in Antwerp in 1540 by Arnold Berckman, is a Latin cosmography textbook by Peter Apian with additions by Gemma Frisius on mapping and the astronomical ring for students and navigators. Its pictures are woodcut diagrams of the sky, sundials, a spherical globe grid, and phases of the moon, with ruled lines, lettered labels and simple shading that a designer could borrow for clean technical line illustration.

Cosmography · Geography

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