Apian, Peter, 1495-1552. Gemma, Frisius, 1508-1555.
Cosmographicvs liber Petri Apiani mathematici, iam denuo integritati restitutus per Gemmam Phrysium. Item eiusdem Gemmae Phrysij Libellus de locorum describendorum ratione, & de eorum distantijs inueniendis, nunq ante hac visus.
Vaeneunt [Antuerpiae] in Pingui gallina per Arnoldum Birckman [1533]
Apian was Imperial Mathematician of the Holy Roman Empire and a contemporary of Copernicus. His most important astronomical discovery was that comet tails always point away from the sun.
For a more detailed description of this book see the exhibit on the Oxford University web page.
Apian, Peter, 1495-1552.
Astronomicum Caesareum.
[Faksimileausg. Ingolstadii, 1540. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1969, c1967]
Here Apian uses rotating paper wheels, called volvelles, to demonstrate planetary motion according to the Ptolemaic system. There are many volvelles within this volume illustrating planetary motion and movements of the stars, as well as constellations. In the original, the volvelles were hand-tinted.
** This book is a facsimile printed in 1969 of the original from 1540. It is the only facsimile in the display.**