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The second lecture being an introduction to cosmographie: read publiquely at Sr. Balthazar Gerbiers academy. On Bednall Greene

Gerbier, Balthazar, Sir, 1592?-1667 · 1649 · London : printed for Robert Ibbitson in Smithfield near the Queens-head Tavern · 3 pictures

A 1649 London lecture on cosmography by Sir Balthazar Gerbier, printed for Robert Ibbitson and delivered at Gerbier's academy at Bednall Green for a student audience. Its pictures are woodcut decorative headpieces with scrolling foliage, a figure and grotesque ornament, plus a large historiated initial I beside plain text, offering a designer models for ornamental borders and drop capitals.

Cosmography

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