Cosmographia, siue Descriptio vniuersi orbis
By: Petri Apiani & Gemmae Frisij, mathematicorum insignium, iam demùm integritati suae restituta. Adiecti sunt alij, tum Gemmae Frisij, tum aliorum auctorum eius argumenti tractatus ac libelli varij, quorum seriem versa pagina demonstrat
Contributors: Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555; López de Gómara, Francisco, 1511-1564; Girava, Gerónimo, -1556; Schöner, Johann, 1477-1547; Peurbach, Georg von, 1423-1461; Spangenberg, Johann; Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552; Gemma, Cornelius, 1535-1579; Beller, Jean, 1526-1595; Everaert, Martin, approximately 1540-1601
Publisher: Apud Ioan, Bellerum, ad insigne Aquilae aureae
Published: 1584
Place of publication: Antuerpiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 478
Subjects: Cosmography; Early works to 1800; Geography; Early accounts to 1600; Astronomy
Other titles: Cosmographia, sive Descriptio universi orbis
Work titles: Cosmographia
Notes: Colophon: Typis Joan. Withagli.

Dedication by Jean Beller has date, 1583.

Signature K(p. 73-81) reserved for map of the world. Nos. 426-429 omitted in the pagination; other errors in numbering.

Revolving diagrams on p. 20, 25, 65 and 189. Diagr. on p. 20 and 189 imperfect.

Sitvs ac descriptio Indiarum, seu noui orbis, desumpta ex generali Indiarum histroia, hispanico idiomate scripta, à D. Francisco Lopez de Comara.

[Versionem latinam curavit I. Bellerus]: p. 160-166.

Sitvs et descriptio Indiarum, siue orbis noui, ex Cosmographia D. Hieronymi Girauae Tarraconensis. [Versionem latinam curavit I. Bellerus]: p. 167-187.

Libellvs de locorvm describendorum ratione ... per Gemmam Frisium: p. 193-208.

Vsvs annvli astronomici, Gemma Frisio ... auctore: p. 209-222.

Gemmae Frisij ... De vus globi, ab eodem editi: p. 223-248.

Coelestis globi compositio, J.S. [i.e. Joanne Schonero] auctore: p. 249-281.

Gemmae Frisij ... De radio astronomico & geometrico liber ... [cum] Tabula gnomonica Georgij Peurbachij: p. 282-347.

Fabrica baculi astronomici, vulgo Baculi Iacobi Ioan. Spanuctore: p. 348-349.

Brevis tractavs de baculo astronomico, ex lib. I.S.M. [i.e. Sebastiani Munsteri] de principiis geometriae: p. 350-353.

Gemmae Frisij ... De astrolabo catholico liber ... Recens in compendium opera Martini Euerarthi Brugensis ... coactus : p. 354-479.

Carmen panegyricvm Cornelij Gemmae, in obitum patris Gemmae Frisij: 1 leaf at end.

Bound in half morocco, stamped in gold and blind, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers.

Title vignette; initials; marginal notes.

"La plus ample & la plus considérable de toutes les éditions." cf. Clément, Bibliothéque curieuse, v. 1, 1750, p. 405.

Two variations of this edition issued the same year; one has imprint: Anno 1584. Antuerpiae, ex officina Ioannis VVithagij; the other, Antuerpiae, ex officina Arnoldi Coninx, M.D.LXXXIIII.

For full description see Ortroy, Bibliographie de l'oeuvre de Peirre Apian. 1902. no. 59.