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Cosmographie, oft Beschrijuinghe der gheheelder werelt van Petrus Apianus, derdewerf ghecorrigeert van Gemma Frisio ... Metten zeecompasse ende anderen boecxkens byden selve[n] Gemma daer toegedaen

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555 · 1561 · [Antwerp] : M.D.LXI. Men vercooptse Tantwerpe[n] inden witten balck by Jan Verwithaghen. · 16 pictures

A 1561 Dutch-language cosmography by Peter Apian, corrected by Gemma Frisius, printed in Antwerp for general readers and navigators learning the globe, sky and sea compass. The pictures are woodcut initials, dense black-letter text blocks and a diagrammatic astronomical table with meridian and parallel lines, showing how printed scientific instruction was laid out and ornamented for a designer to borrow from.

Cosmography · Geography

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