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Petri Apiani Cosmographia, (1540)

Apian, Peter, 1495-1552, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555. Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione, Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555. Usus annuli astronomici · [Antwerp] : M.D.XL. Væneunt Antuerpiæ in pingui gallina Arnoldo Berckma[n]no., [1540] · leaf 25

An illustration from Petri Apiani Cosmographia,, 1540, leaf 25
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