Cosmographia Petri Apiani,

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555 · 1551 · Parisiis. : Væneunt apud Viuantium Gaultherot, via Iacobea: sub intersignio D. Martini. · 26 pictures

Cosmographia by Peter Apian, with additions by Gemma Frisius, printed in Paris in 1551 for scholars and students of cosmography and geography. Its pictures are woodcut diagrams of instruments, astronomical sighting devices and graduated rings, with dense labels and scale numbers that a designer could borrow for technical, map-like or scientific layouts.

Cosmography · Geography

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