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First published under this title, Zurich, 1548.
Originally published under title: Rudimentorum cosmographiae libri duo. Cracow, 1530.
Title vignette: Printer's device.
In verse.
Signatures: A-D⁸ a-d⁴ (A1 verso, D7-D8, d3-d4 blank)
Includes section of woodcuts, consisting of 3 illustrations and 13 maps, all unnumbered (p.[65-92], a1-d2). 12 of these maps cover two pages each and are printed on adjacent versos and rectos (p.[68/69-90/91])
World map, datd Tiguri, 1746, bears monogram of Heinrich Vogtherr the Elder and includes America [=South America], while North America is designated as "Parias" (p.[68])
JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 1:228.
Sabin 32797.
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 565/29.
Borsa, G. Die Ausgaben der "Cosmographia" von Johannes Honter, 96.
John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: lacks the two blank leaves d3-d4 at end of volume.
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