1554 COSMOGRAPHIAE INTRODUCTIO CUM QUIBUSDAM GEOMETRIAE AC ASTRONOMIAE PRINCIPIIS AD EAMREM NECESSARIS By Petrus Apianus Very Good Cosmology

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COSMOGRAPHIAE INTRODUCTIO CUM QUIBUSDAM GEOMETRIAE AC ASTRONOMIAE PRINCIPIIS AD EAMREM NECESSARIS

By Petrus Apianus
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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Format: Hardcover,
Language: Latin
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Published By: Francesco Bindoni, Venice

sextodecimo or sixteenmo (16mo 4 × 6+3⁄4 102 × 171),Pages 32

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Rare edition of this work, an abridgement of the Cosmographicus Liber, which was important for "the division of the earth into climatic zones, the uses of parallels and meridians, the determination of latitude, several methods for determining longitude including that of lunar distance, the use of trigonometry to determine distances, several types of map projections, and many other topics" (Karrow).



SKU: BTETM0002377
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg