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Apianus Petrus. Cosmographia... apud Lovanienses medicum ac mathematicum insignem, denuo restituta. Additis de eadem re ipsius Gemmae Phry. libellis, quos sequens pagina docet. Vaeneunt Antverpiae: in pingui gallina Arnoldo Berckmanno, 1540. In-4º (mm 234x148). Carte LIX (di LXI, mancano le carte C2 e C3, recanti due figure a volvelle), [1]. Marca tipografica al verso dell'ultima carta. Sul frontespizio vignetta xilografica del globo terracqueo. Con numerose illustrazioni astronomiche in legno nel testo, tre (su cinque) delle quali recano parti mobili a volvelle (a c. XIII verso, sciolta, a c. XXIX recto e a c. XLV recto). Esemplare uniformemente brunito, segni di tarlo nel margine esterno delle prime carte che ledono leggermente il testo sul titolo, aloni sparsi, restauro all'angolo inferiore esterno delle ultime 3 carte. Legatura del Novecento in piena pelle nocciola decorata con graziosi ferri a secco che raffigurano le stelle e i segni zodiacali, titolo in oro al dorso, piccole abrasioni alle cerniere. Bella edizione della celebre Cosmografia di Pietro Apiano con le aggiunte di Gemma Frisius. L'opera, pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1524, venne poi più volte ristampata nel corso del secolo. "Apian's first major work, Cosmographia... (1524), was based on Ptolemy. Starting with the distinction between cosmography, geography, and chorography, and using an ingenious and simple diagram, the book defines terrestrial grids; describes the use of maps and simple surveying; defines weather and climate; and provides thumbnail sketches of the continents. In its later form, as modified by Gemma Frisius, the Cosmographia was one of the most popular texts of the time and was translated into all major European languages..." (DSB). Alle carte XXXv-XXXIr vi è un capitolo dedicato all'America. BMSTC Dutch 12; Harrisse, 230; Sabin, 1745; Houzeau/Lancaster, 2392. 4° (234x148 mm). LIX (of LXI, wanting fols. C2 and C3, depicting two volvelle figures), [1] leaves. Printer's device on the verso of the last leaf. On title page woodcut vignette terraqueous globe. With numerous woodcut astronomical illustrations, three (of five) of them depicting volvelle moving parts (on the verso of fol. XIII, loose, on the recto of fol. XXIX and on the recto of fol. XLV). Browning, wormholes on the outer margin of the first leaves with loss of text on the title, spots, repair on the lower outer margin of the first 3 leaves. Twentieth-century hazel leather decorated with blind-tooled tools depicting stars and Zodiac signs, gilt title on the spine, slightly abrased the hings. Beautiful edition of the famous Cosmographia by Pietro Apiano with the additions of Gemma Frisius. The work, published for the first time in 1524, was then reprinted during the century. "Apian's first major work, Cosmographia... (1524), was based on Ptolemy. Starting with the distinction between cosmography, geography, and chorography, and using an ingenious and simple diagram, the book defines terrestrial grids; describes the use of maps and simple surveying; defines weather and climate; and provides thumbnail sketches of the continents. In its later form, as modified by Gemma Frisius, the Cosmographia was one of the most popular texts of the time and was translated into all major European languages..." (DSB). On fols. XXXv-XXXIr a chapter dedicated to America. BMSTC Dutch 12; Harrisse 230; Sabin 1745; Houzeau/Lancaster 2392.