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Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-78) - De le Stelle Fisse Uno and De le Sfera del Mondo, 2 vols in one, qto, contemporary limp vellum, with ties, thick italic pen title to spine, woodcut printers device on titles, 47 full-page woodcut star maps (misnumbered 48, skipping no.24, as usual) woodcut illustration in text, worming to final three leaves, Giovanni Varisco, Venice, 1559
Note: The first star atlas to be published in the Western World, pioneering the use of the letters to identify stars, including the depiction of Corona Australe or Southern Cross
The first star atlas to be published in the Western World, pioneering the use of letters to identify stars, including the depiction of Corona Australe or Southern Cross
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