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Cosmographia Petri Apiani,

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555. Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555. Usus annuli astronomici · 1564 · [Antwerp] : M.D.LXIIII. Antuerpiae apud Ioannem VVithagium. · 26 pictures

Cosmographia is a 1564 Antwerp cosmography textbook by Peter Apian, with additions by Gemma Frisius, printed by Johannes Withagius for students of astronomy and geography. Its woodcut pages show astronomical instruments, horizon diagrams with engraved rinceau scrolls, celestial sphere projections, and a circular world map with lettered borders, offering designers Renaissance scientific diagram vocabulary, dense ornamental framing, and compass-like circular layouts.

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