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LOT 142
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Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium

apud Lovaniensis Medicum & Mathematicu insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicatamendis, ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta. Additis eusdem argumenti libellis ipsus Gemmae Frisii. Antwerp. Apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni. 1564.

Small 4to, vellum, rebound, title on spine in ms., new endpapers and ties, title page with large image of globe in woodcut, (3),(128 = 64ff),(3),(3) pp., 47 woodcuts in the text, numerous capitals in woodcut and folding world map with wide margins, 3 (of 4) volvelles, of which the last is renewed. Complete with explanation of Gemma Frisius's method of triangulation. Good copy.

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