Cosmographiae introductio : cum quibusdam gæometriæ [sic] ac astronomiæ principijs ad eam rem necessarijs

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552 · 1532 · Excusam Ingolstadii. [P.& G. Apianus] · 20 pictures

Cosmographiae introductio is a 1532 Latin cosmography textbook printed at Ingolstadt by Peter Apian, a Renaissance mathematician, for students learning geometry and astronomy. Its woodcut diagrams show the celestial sphere, the horizon, and the poles, drawn as plain outlines with lettered labels. A designer could draw on their clean, schematic geometry, with circles, axes, and armillary rings rendered in sparse black line.

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