1533 POST-INCUNABULA COSMOGRAPHIA by PETRUS APIANUS antique ILLUSTRATED

Petrus Apianus (1495-1552)

Cosmographiae Introductio.

Venice: Per Io. Antonium & Fratres de Sabio, sumptu & requisitione D. Melchioris Sessae; 1533


woodcut of globe on title,
illustrated with text woodcuts throughout, including tiny maps;
final leaf blank but for printer's mark and colophon present in this copy;

bound in full 19th century gilt ruled and tooled crushed brown morocco by F. Bedford (signed binding),
all edges gilt;

final 4 leaves with expert paper repairs;

ex libris famous Yale graduate and Vermont bookman who transplanted to London, Henry Stevens (1819-1886) with his "Bibliography: Tree of Knowledge," bookplate inside the front board,
along with that of Samuel Latham Mitchill Barlow (1826-1889);
Ex libris Professor, Astronomer, Historian & Bibliophile Owen Gingerich.


preserved in a custom folding box

 Size: 4 1/8 by 6 1/8 inches

Text in Latin
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Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography.
His work on "cosmography", the field that dealt with the earth and its position in the universe, was presented in his most famous publications, Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) and Cosmographicus liber (1524).
His books were extremely influential in his time, with the numerous editions in multiple languages being published until 1609.
The lunar crater Apianus and asteroid 19139 Apian are named in his honour.
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