1 Blank missing in Glareanus? This handwritten note likely refers to Henricus Glareanus, a 16th century Swiss humanist and geographer. It suggests a comparison between this copy of Apian's work and one owned or edited by Glareanus.

Priest Carlo Brambilla.
original: "Pre. Carlo. Brambilla." The abbreviation "Pre." stands for "Presbyter," the Latin term for a priest. This indicates that the book once belonged to an Italian clergyman.

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Ca Se

These letters are likely an abbreviation for a library shelf mark or location code, possibly "Casa" (House) and "Sezione" (Section).

The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES

A rectangular bookplate features a woodcut illustration of Atlas kneeling and supporting an armillary sphere on his shoulders. This armillary sphere: a model of objects in the sky, consisting of a spherical framework of rings centered on Earth or the Sun contains various astronomical circles. These include the solstitial colure original: "Colurus solsticioru", the Arctic circle original: "Circuli circulus", the oblique horizon original: "Horizon ob", the Zodiac, and the Antarctic circle.