ASTRONOMY - Apian, Peter. Cosmographia, per Gemmam Phrysium... Denuo restituta. With large title woodcut (globe), 46 (partly full-page, 3 instead of 4 with volvelles) woodcuts, printer's mark at the end and numerous initials. Antwerp, Aegidius Coppenius for Arnold Birckmann, 1540. 8°. LXI, [1] ll. New leather binding. IA. 106,430 - Nijhoff-Kronenberg 125 - Sabin 1745 - Alden-L. 540/2 - cf. Shirley 82 - Church 78 - Van Ortroy, Apian 31 - Gemma Frisius 12 - not in Adams & Honeyman. - Early edition of Apian's main work as edited by G. Frisius. - With two contributions by Apian, "Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione (fol. XLVI-LIII) and "Usus annuli astronomici" (fol. LIV-LX), in which he is the first to describe the principle of triangulation for land surveying. Beyond that beautiful with the movable parts to the woodcuts on Bll. 10v, 13v u. 45v. The volvelle on 29v incomplete. - Just trimmed at lower margin, partly with slight loss of text. Uniformly browned, light foxing, occasional ink stains. Title with annotations. Overall in good condition.