Peter Apian
Instrument Buch durch Petrum Apianum erst von new beschriben: zum Nacht bey der Sonnen, Mon und andern Planeten...

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Author Peter Apian(German, 1495–1552)German, 1495–1552

CultureGerman

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Instrument Buch durch Petrum Apianum erst von new beschriben: zum Nacht bey der Sonnen, Mon und andern Planeten...
Book of Instruments

Date1533

PlaceIngolstadt, Germany

MediumBound book

DimensionsClosed: 11 1/2 × 8 × 1 1/8 in. (29.2 × 20.3 × 2.9 cm)
Open: 11 1/2 × 15 1/4 × 1 1/8 in. (29.2 × 38.7 × 2.9 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2017.1

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