Libro de la cosmographia

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555, editor, Bonte, Gregorius de, active 16th century, printer · 1548 · Vendese en Enveres : En casa de Gregorio Bontio enel escudo de Basilea · 54 pictures

Libro de la cosmographia is a 1548 Spanish-language cosmography and astronomy treatise by Peter Apian, edited by Gemma Frisius and printed by Gregorius de Bonte in Antwerp for a Spanish-reading audience. The pictures here are decorative woodcut initial letters, a P, a C and a D, framed in rules, with foliage, flowers and scrolled ornament, which a designer could adapt for drop caps and borders in historical typography.

Cosmography · Astronomy · Surveying · Scientific apparatus and instruments

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