Translation of: Cosmographia. Beschreibung aller Lender. 1544. First published in French, 1552.

Publication statement from colophon. H. Petri was in Basel.

There is another issue with variant spellings on the title page: apartenances and d'iceluy.

Signatures: [fleuron]⁶ a⁸ b⁴ A-E⁸ F⁴ G-I² K⁶ L¹° M-O⁸ P-Q² R-S⁸ T⁶ V² X⁶ Y-Z⁸ Aa-Gg⁸ Hh-Li⁶/⁸ Mm⁴ Nn² Oo-Pp⁴ Qq¹° Rr⁸ Ss-Tt⁶ Vu-Bbb²/⁴ Ccc⁴ Ddd⁸ Eee² Fff⁴ Ggg⁸ Hhh² Iii¹° Kkk-Mmm⁶ Nnn² Ooo-Ppp⁸ Qqq⁶ Rrr² Sss⁸ Ttt-Vuu⁴ Xxx⁶ Yyy⁴ Zzz⁸ BBb⁸ CCc⁴ DDd² EEe⁸ FFf⁴ GGg² HHh⁸ IIi-KKk⁶ LLl⁸ MMm⁴ NNn² OOo-RRr⁸ SSs⁶ TTt-ZZz⁸ AAaa-DDdd⁸/⁶ EEee⁶ FFff⁴ GGgg⁸ HHhh-IIii⁶ KKkk² LLll-SSss⁸ TTtt⁴ VVuu⁶ XXxx-YYyy⁸ ([fleuron]6 recto and YYyy8 blank; numerous missigned leaves; gathering AAa is reserved for one of the folding views.

Numerous errors in pagination.

Title page illustrated: two geometricians measuring a globe.

There are 3 folding views which comprise eight pages each: the first found between pages 584 and 589 is numbered 585-588 with the first leaf signed Ccc3; the second between pages 742 and 751 has the first two pages numbered 687 and 688 with the first leaf signed Vuu2; the third between pages 820 and 825 has the first two pages numbered 821-822 with the first leaf signed AAa.

Includes index.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 1:238.

Alden, J.E. European Americana, 568/24.