BORRHAUS, Martin (1499-1564). Elementale cosmographicum, quo totius et astronomiae et geographiae rudimenta, certissimis brevissimisque docentur apodixibus . Paris: Guillaume Cavellat, 1551. Rare second edition of an illustrated cosmographic handbook with sections on astronomy and geography. The first edition was published in Strasbourg in 1539. BM French , p.76. Octavo (170 x 107mm). Woodcut device on title, 3 full-page woodcuts, others in the text (a few small marginal stains). Disbound (first quire detached); housed in a modern cloth case. Provenance : a few early annotations.
BORRHAUS, Martin (1499-1564). Elementale cosmographicum, quo totius et astronomiae et geographiae rudimenta, certissimis brevissimisque docentur apodixibus . Paris: Guillaume Cavellat, 1551. Rare second edition of an illustrated cosmographic handbook with sections on astronomy and geography. The first edition was published in Strasbourg in 1539. BM French , p.76. Octavo (170 x 107mm). Woodcut device on title, 3 full-page woodcuts, others in the text (a few small marginal stains). Disbound (first quire detached); housed in a modern cloth case. Provenance : a few early annotations.
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