This rare book was created by Henry Stevens, an American bibliographer, to commemorate the Schoner globe he owned. The book describes the work of globe-maker Johann Schoner, and outlines the history of the globe Stevens owned, up until it passed out of his hands. The book features an engraving of Schoner as a frontispiece and a slipcase in the inside back cover containing two of three folded illustrations:

A. Figures 1-4: the Hunt-Lennox Globe, the gores of the Boulonger Globe, and outlines of the western half of Schoner's first and second globes.
B. Outline Section for the "Carta da Nauigar per le Isole Nouamte Tr(ovate) in le Parte de L'india" More Commonly Known as the Cantino Map of 1502.

The third folded illustration, Figure 5, The Globe Gores of Schoner's Third Globe of 1523, is absent from this example. Also included in the book are a facsimile reproduction of Schoner's dedicatory letter to Reymer von Streytperck, translations of other relevant contemporaneous documents, and an introduction by C.H. Coote of the British Museum. Published by Chiswick Press. 12mo, 206 pp. This example features a more decorative binding unlike any other example we have seen on the market. Hardbound in cream cloth boards with embossed illustrations on front and back cover and gilt titling on spine label, with marbled endpapers.

References: cf. Sabin #77803.

Condition: B+

There are some short fold separations on the folding diagrams. Text is clean and tight with occasional light foxing. Slipcase is loosening along the top edge. Covers are lightly soiled and worn, with tiny chips at the corners.