Honter Johannes: “Rudimentorum Cosmographicorum libri III cum tabulis geographicis.” Tiguri Zurich 1565 Together bound: Sacrobosco J.: Libellus de Sphaera. Wittenberg 1561 Two geographical works of major importance. A Zurich edition of THE FIRST NON PTOLEMAIC GEOGRAPHY WITH WORLD ATLAS. In 8o, contemporary 16th century vellum, rubbed at spine and frayed, but still firm, a scarce original 16th century binding, complete four books of text and all the very early 16 wood engraved plates as called for. It contains: the circuli Sphaerae, the famous world sphere with the continents and the winds in Greek and Latin, the Planetarium, the famous world map in projection, dated Tiguri 1546 and 12 regional maps, including 4 with immediate Greek interest, as follows: Spain, France, Germany and central Europe, Eastern Europe (Poland up to Black sea), Macedonia and north Balkans, southern Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Syria and Palestine, Asia Minor with Cyprus and eastern Aegean, western Asia, Africa and Sicily. All the maps, except for the last are double paged. Bound together with a geographical/astronomical treaty on the spherical shape of earth with more wood plates on the spherical shape of earth. Very few marginal scattered water stain, extensive contemporary manuscript text in Greek in the last page, overall very good. Honter (1498-1549) was a Transylvanian-Saxon, Renaissance Humanist and Geographer. His cartographic production was a landmark advance of early 16th century. It is the first who produced contemporary maps, completely freed from Ptolemaeus influence, in an Atlas. He apprenticed wood engraving in Basel where he produced his first map of Transylvania. He returned to Brasov (Corona in Latin), Transylvania, where he published in 1542, the first edition of his Cosmographia (called Rudimenta, as it was written in verses to be learned easily) with two books and 16 wooden plates (but from different woodblocks than these ones). He returned in Zurich, after the Turkish invasion, where he published this final edition under his own supervision. It contains among the earlier world representation as sphere (Maggelan first trip around the globe was done in 1523). It had an immediate success. A very important geographical work, a landmark in history of Geography. RARE