Cosmographia Petri Apiani
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Apian Peter (1495-1552) ; Gemma Reinerus, Frisius (1508-1555) ;
- Editeurs : Parisiis væneunt apud Viuantium Gaultherot, via Iacobea: sub intersignio D. Martini ;
- Date d'édition : 1553
- Sujets : Cosmography, America -- Early accounts to 1600
- Langue(s) : Latin
- Description matérielle : 2 p. ß., 74 (i. e. 70) numb. ß., : Illus., pl., fold. map, tables, diagrs., 25 cm
- Pays de publication : France
Notes
Colophon: Parisiis impressum expensis Viuantii Gaultherot anno Domini 1551 ; Signatures: A-H, K-T4. Sig I (1, 31-34) reserved for map of the world ; Sig. F irregularly numbered: E, Fij, Eiij, Eiiij ; Leaves signed Aiii-[Tiiij] are numbered 1-74 ; Title vignette, with legend 'L'inferieure partie de la sphere' is the same as that in French edition of 1551 ; Printed in italics, ß. 37-56 in doube columns. Initials; marginal notes ; Revolving diagrams on verso of ß. 8 and 11, and on recto of ß. 30 and 57. Inscriptions on these diagrams, also on some of the illustrations in the text, are in French ; Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione ... per Gemmam Frisivm: ß. 59-66 ; Vsvs annvli astronomici, Gemma Frisio ... auctore: ß. 66 (verso)-73 ; The Latin edition of 1551 published at Paris was reissued in 1553 ; This copy is apparently the issue of 1551, with t.-p. and sig. A of the 1553 edition. Another copy in the Library of Congress has t.-p. and sig. A of 1551, and colophon of 1553, with sig. F irregularly numbered: F, Fij, Fiij, Eiiij ; Cf. Ortroy, Bibliographie de l'oeuvre de Pierre Apian. 1902. nos. 41 and 44