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Schoener, Johann. 1477-1547.
Globi Stelliferi sive sphaerae stellarum fixarum usus. Nuremberg: [J.Petreius], 1533.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
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Schoener, Johann. 1477-1547.

Globi Stelliferi sive sphaerae stellarum fixarum usus. Nuremberg: [J.Petreius], 1533.
4to (195 x 140 mm). 28 leaves, A-G4. Full-page woodcut of a globe on verso of the title, woodcut diagram on G3 verso. The copy clean and washed, modern olive green morocco by Lobstein-Laurenchet, g.e.

A fine and rare copy of Schoener's book on celestial globes, published to accompany his own 1533 celestial globe. Just one copy, selling in 1971, is recorded in the auction market in modern times. Schoener, the foremost globe maker of the 16th century, produced his first pair of globes in 1515 (the first printed celestial globe extant), a manuscript globe in 1520, other printed globes in 1523 and a pair in 1533. Although the gores for the celestial were completed in 1533 (the same time as this book), the stands of surviving examples can be dated to 1534 and 1535. Sabin 77801.

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