A post by Collections Coordinator Hannah Cartwright Our item of this monthis Peter Apian's Cosmographia. Initially published in 1524, later editions of Cosmographia expanded and edited by Gemma Frisius became hugely successful. Our 1584 edition is … Read on blog or Reader Durham University Library and Collections Blog Read on blog or Reader Item of the month: Peter Apian's CosmographiaItem durhamunilib March 7 A post by Collections Coordinator Hannah Cartwright Our item of this monthis Peter Apian's Cosmographia. Initially published in 1524, later editions of Cosmographia expanded and edited by Gemma Frisius became hugely successful. Our 1584 edition is one of these later editions. Over 40 editions of Cosmographia were published in under a century, and it was translated from Latin into 4 different languages. So, what made Cosmographia a 16th century bestseller? Continue reading Item of the month: Peter Apian's CosmographiaItem Comment

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