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

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552 · 1533 · Excusum Ingolstadii. : [G. & P. Apianus] · 19 pictures

Cosmographiae introductio by Peter Apian, printed at Ingolstadt in 1533 by G. and P. Apianus, is a Latin school textbook of cosmography, geometry and astronomy for students. The four pictures are woodcut diagrams: a celestial sphere with poles and a tilted axis, a armillary-style horizon sphere with a meridian ring, a band-like solstice diagram, and a horizon circle with compass points, all drawn in clean black line on cream paper, offering a designer simple geometric schematics with strong radial structure and rings.

Cosmography

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