Cosmographia. In tres dialogos distincta: in quibus de forma, situ, numeroque tam coelorum quam elementorum, aliisque rebus ad astronomica rudimenta spectantibus satis disseritur.Paris, Gulielmus Cavellat, 1558. 8vo. With a woodcut illustration of a chicken on the title-page, and many woodcut cosmographic figures throughout the text. Contemporary vellum.
MAUROLICO, Francesco. · 1494 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.
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[8], 168 ll.Rare second edition of a rare work on cosmography by the outstanding scholar Francesco Maurolyco, or Maurolico from Messina (1494-1575). This work is one of the most important books by Maurolico. It was first published in Venice in 1543 and it is written in the for...