[Globe with figures].
Woodcut round world map situated within an armillary sphere, showing Africa, the Americas and Antarctica. Includes figures walking on the globe, labeled Perioeci, Antipodes and Antoeci. Map is 17 x 11 cm, on sheet 25 x 17 cm. Within the first part of Cosmographica Petri Apiani, which spans pages 1-3...
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Viuantium Gaultherot
1553
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| Summary: | Woodcut round world map situated within an armillary sphere, showing Africa, the Americas and Antarctica. Includes figures walking on the globe, labeled Perioeci, Antipodes and Antoeci. Map is 17 x 11 cm, on sheet 25 x 17 cm. Within the first part of Cosmographica Petri Apiani, which spans pages 1-30. Cosmographica Petri Apiani, by Peter Apian (1495-1552). Parisian edition, published by Viuantium Gaultherot and dated 1553 on the title page (1551 on colophon). With corrections and additions by the cartographer Gemma Frisius. Bound in vellum with sewn binding. Handwritten annotations, in ink, on front cover, including: Ex Libris . Josephi Guillon. Spine title: Apiani. Cosmograph. Collation: 4° : [2], 1-30, 35-74, [1]; signed A-H, K-4. With 1 double leaf of plates featuring a woodcut world map, which presents one of the most emblematic representations of South America in the sixteenth century, with new details contributed by Frisius. The text contains 26 maps of the terrestrial globe, moon, sun and other stars. In addition, 10 diagrams and 7 illustrations provide further information on astronomy, including the demonstration of astronomical instruments. Nautical cosmography is central to the work, as Apian was a pioneer in determining longitude according to the movement of the moon and stars. Including four volvelles, or turning dials, which provide information on the position and movement of celestial bodies. Inspired by both the Renaissance cartographer Johann Schoner and by Ptolemy, Cosmographica is a major work of Apian, a German cartographer, mathematician and astronomer who published significant works on astronomy, geography and cosmography - the study of the earth and its position in the universe. Apian was a pioneer in astronomical and geographical instrumentation, and one of the most successful popularizers of these subjects during the sixteenth century. He studied mathematics and astronomy in Leipzig and Vienna, and quickly established a reputation as an outstanding mathematician. Apian’s first major ... |
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