Lot 252
Mathematical Geography, America.- Glareanus (Henricus) De geographia liber unus ab ipso authore iam tertio recognitus, Venice, [Pietro , Giovanni Maria & Cornelio Nicolini da Sabbio for Melchiorre Sessa], 1549.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Mathematical Geography, America.- Glareanus (Henricus) De geographia liber unus ab ipso authore iam tertio recognitus, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., woodcut illustrations and diagrams, initial spaces with guide-letters, odd faint spot, very faint water-staining to top edge (D1-8), modern antique-style vellum, [EDIT 16 CNCE 21386], 8vo, Venice, [Pietro , Giovanni Maria & Cornelio Nicolini da Sabbio for Melchiorre Sessa], [1549].
⁂ Here Glareanus lays the foundations for mathematical geography, having been the first to identify 'magnetic declination' (the angle between magnetic north and true north at a particular location on the Earth's surface). There is mention of Columbus, Vespucci and the discovery of America.
Description
Mathematical Geography, America.- Glareanus (Henricus) De geographia liber unus ab ipso authore iam tertio recognitus, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final f., woodcut illustrations and diagrams, initial spaces with guide-letters, odd faint spot, very faint water-staining to top edge (D1-8), modern antique-style vellum, [EDIT 16 CNCE 21386], 8vo, Venice, [Pietro , Giovanni Maria & Cornelio Nicolini da Sabbio for Melchiorre Sessa], [1549].
⁂ Here Glareanus lays the foundations for mathematical geography, having been the first to identify 'magnetic declination' (the angle between magnetic north and true north at a particular location on the Earth's surface). There is mention of Columbus, Vespucci and the discovery of America.
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