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Sphaera mundi, siue cosmographia quinque libris : recèns auctis [et] eme[n]datis absoluta : in qua tum prima astronomiæ pars, tum geographi[a]e, ac hydrographi[a]e rudimenta pertracta[n]tur.

Fine, Oronce, 1494-1555 · 1552 · Lutetiæ Parisiorum, : Apud Michaëlem Vascosanum, uia Iacobæa ad insigne fontis. · 17 pictures

This is a 1552 Paris cosmography treatise by Oronce Fine, written for students of astronomy, geography and navigation, and printed by Michael Vascosan. Its pictures are geometric diagrams of the celestial sphere: circles with labelled points, tropics, horizon lines and numbered hour arcs drawn in crisp black line on plain white. A designer could borrow their clean compass-and-ruler diagram language for scientific infographics, dial layouts or minimalist line graphics.

Astronomy · Mathematics · Cosmography

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