Glareanus (Henricus)

De Geographia Liber Unus, FIRST EDITION, woodcut title border, geographical and astronomical woodcut diagrams in the text, light age yellowing, slight staining, occasional marginalia, re-cased, new endpapers, modern paper boards, [Adams G 758; Sabin 27536; Alden 527/7; Harrisse 142], 4to, J. Faber Emmeus, Basel, 1527.

*** First edition of “The geography” written by Henry Glareanus, a Swiss professor of mathematics and philosophy (1488-1563); numerous editions of this work appeared during the next ten years. The last chapter (40) is dedicated to the lands undescribed by Ptolemy, including America. The passage relating to America is on p. 13r.