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Cosmographia Petri Apiani,

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555 · 1550 · Væneunt Antuerpiæ : sub scuto Basiliensi, Gregorio Bontio. · 31 pictures

Cosmographia is a 1550 cosmography and geography textbook by Peter Apian, with additions by Gemma Frisius, printed at Antwerp for students of geography and the heavens. Its pictures are small woodcut diagrams: ornate border rings labelled with compass points, climate zone tables, a world map in a circle, and a grid of coordinates, offering designers dense, schematic ornament and framing ideas.

Cosmography · Geography

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