APIANUS, COSMOGRAPHIA, EDITED BY GEMMA FRISIUS, WITH HIS WORLD MAP, ANTWERP, 1564

4to (221 x 150mm), large woodcut globe diagram on title (repeated at F2v), FOLDING WOODCUT CORDIFORM WORLD MAP, following Frisius's "Appendix" (signed I), woodcut maps (E1, G4), astronomical and geographical illustrations and diagrams in the text throughout, some full-page, 4 volvelles on C2v, D1, H2 and O3, modern blind-stamped calf, string pointers missing on C2v, and O3

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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