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PICCOLOMINI, ALESSANDRO. De la Sfera del Mondo, Libri Quattro . . . De le Stelle Fisse, Libro Uno. 48 full-page woodcut star maps. [4], 176 [i. e., 178], [4] leaves. 4to, modern vellum; minor marginal soiling and stains on opening leaves, scattered early marginalia, light marginal dampstaining at end. Venice: (Nicolò Bascarini), 1548
Second edition of a 1540 treatise on cosmography including as an appendixthe first printed star atlas, "containing maps of the stars as opposed to simple pictures of constellations, and introducing the practice of identifying stars by letter, a method later adopted and expanded by Bayer"--Norman 1696 (1559 edition). Riccardi II, 269 (this edition).
