Cosmographia Petri Apiani,. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Summary
Colophon: Excusum Antuerpiæ opera Aeg. Diesthemij. Anno á Christo humanæ salutis authore nato, 1545.
Libellvs de locorum describendorum ratione ... per Gemmam Frisium": leaves 51-57.
Barlow copy no. 108
Title vignette; initials. Fol. 31-48 in double columns. On verso of last leaf, device (no. 2) of Gregoire de Bonte.
Signatures: A-H, K-S⁴; sig. I reserved for map of the world. Leaves signed [Aiii]-[Siii] are numbered 1-66.
LAC scc 2019-06-20 update (2 cards)
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cosmography
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Date
1600
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