Johann Schöner Professor of Mathematics at Nuremberg: A Reproduction of his Globe of 1523 Long Lost... Author: Stevens, Henry, translator Place: London Publisher: Henry Stevens & Son Date: 1888 Description: xiv, With translations and notes on the globe by Henry Stevens. Edited with an introduction by C.H. Coote. frontispiece portrait of Johannes Schönner. Facsimiles, with 3 folding maps in pocket at rear. cloth lettered in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Johannes Schöner (1477–1547) was a renowned and respected German polymath. He was a priest, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, cosmographer, cartographer, mathematician, globe and scientific instrument maker and editor and publisher of scientific tests. In his own time he enjoyed a Europe-wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers. Today he is remembered as an influential pioneer in the history of globe making, and as a man who played a significant role in the events that led up to the publishing of Copernicus's De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium in 1543. Sabin 77803. Lot Amendments Condition: Some dampstaining and minor discoloration to cloth; mild ill-creasing to one of the folding maps; near fine internally. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 319451a
Johann Schöner Professor of Mathematics at Nuremberg: A Reproduction of his Globe of 1523 Long Lost... Author: Stevens, Henry, translator Place: London Publisher: Henry Stevens & Son Date: 1888 Description: xiv, With translations and notes on the globe by Henry Stevens. Edited with an introduction by C.H. Coote. frontispiece portrait of Johannes Schönner. Facsimiles, with 3 folding maps in pocket at rear. cloth lettered in gilt on spine, marbled endpapers. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Johannes Schöner (1477–1547) was a renowned and respected German polymath. He was a priest, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, cosmographer, cartographer, mathematician, globe and scientific instrument maker and editor and publisher of scientific tests. In his own time he enjoyed a Europe-wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers. Today he is remembered as an influential pioneer in the history of globe making, and as a man who played a significant role in the events that led up to the publishing of Copernicus's De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium in 1543. Sabin 77803. Lot Amendments Condition: Some dampstaining and minor discoloration to cloth; mild ill-creasing to one of the folding maps; near fine internally. Lots sold without reserve are sold “as Is” and are not returnable under any circumstances. The minimum shipping and handling per invoice is $20 for shipments to the US and $30 for shipments outside the US please consider this when determining your bid amount Item number: 319451a
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