Cosmographiae Cosmographia Introductio - Rare 1554 Venice edition

Beschreibung

Cosmographiae Introductio, woodcut vignette of an astrolabe encompassing the globe on title, woodcut illustrations including map of Greece (printed twice), a single very small wormhole throughout becoming two towards end, else an excellent bright and fresh copy attractively bound in 20th century panelled calf spine in compartments and gilt tooled to spine and both covers, with accompanying marbled endpapers.Rare edition of this work, an abridgement of the Cosmographicus Liber, which was important for "the division of the earth into climatic zones, the uses of parallels and meridians, the determination of latitude, several methods for determining longitude including that of lunar distance, the use of trigonometry to determine distances, several types of map projections, and many other topics" (Karrow). Famously, C6 mentions "America".COPAC shows no holdings anywhere for this edition. Worldcat only shows an earlier Venice edition. Complete collation 32ff, retaining the original blanks front and rear.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Cosmographiae Cosmographia Introductio - Rare 1554 Venice edition

Verlag

Francesco Bindoni, Venice, .

Erscheinungsjahr

1554

Einband

Hardback

Auflage

later edition.

Zustand

Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags

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