La cosmographie de Pierre Apian, libure tresutile, traictant de toutes les regions [et] pays du monde par artifice astronomicque, nouuelleme[n]t traduict de latin en francois. ; Et par Gemma Frison ... corrige. Auecq[ue] aultres libures du mesme Gemma Fr. appartenantz audict artifice, co[m]me la page ensuyuante la declaire

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555 · 1544 · [Antwerp] : M.D.XLIIII. On les vend en Anuers : Sur le pont de chambre chez Gregoire Bonte a l'escu du Basle, imprimez en latin, francois, [et] flameng. · 15 pictures

A 1544 French translation of Peter Apian's cosmography, printed in Antwerp by Gregoire Bonte and issued for readers wanting astronomical instruction in world geography. Its woodcut pages show a map of the world within a circle, a celestial sphere diagram, a terrestrial globe on a stand, and a schematic chart of the parallels and meridians, offering a designer clear, diagrammatic geometry and engraved line work.

Cosmography · Geography

Internet Archive · John Carter Brown Library · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library