M. Blundeuile his exercises
containing eight treatises, the titles whereof are set down in the next printed page : which treatises are very necessarie to be read and learned of all young gentlemen, that haue not beene exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the art of nauigation, in which art it is impossible to profite without the helpe of these, or such like instructions : to the furtherance of which art of nauigation, the said M. Blundeuile specially wrote the said treatises
M. Blvndevile his exercises
M. Blundevile his exercises
Blundeville, Thomas,
active 1561
Mercator, Gerhard,
1512-1594
Plancius, Petrus,
1552-1622
Blagrave, John,
-1611
Stansby, William,
active 1597-1638
printer
Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
text
enk
monographic
London
Imprinted by William Stansby
1613
The fourth edition corrected and augmented.
eng
[16], 799, [1] p. (1st leaf blank), [4] folded leaves of plates : ill., 1 map (woodcuts) ; 20 cm. (4to)
The treatise of arithmeticke ... -- A briefe description of the tables of three speciall right lines belonging to a circle, called signes, lines tangent, and lines secant ... -- A plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmographie, and specially of the spheare, representing the shape of the whole world ... -- A plaine description of Mercator his two globes ... -- A plaine and full description of Petrus Plancius his vniuersall map ... put forth in ... 1592 ... -- A very briefe and most plaine description of Master Blagraue his astrolabe, which he calleth the mathematicall iewell ... -- A new and necessarie treatise of nauigation ... -- A brief description of vniversall maps and cardes, and of their vse : and also the vse of Ptolemy his tables ...
Each treatise, except that on arithmetic, has a special title page.
Signatures: A-3B⁸ 3C⁸(-C5,6,7,8+chi⁴) 3D-3E⁸.
The chi cancellans signed "Bbb3", "Bbb4".
Pages 761-768 on cancellans foliated 371, 372, 375, 374.
One of the folded plates is a table.
Mounted ill. on p. 775.
Three volvelles (p. 315, 720, 744).
LC copy imperfect: one volvelle is wanting its pointer. DLC
LC copy has inscriptions: William Leeson, Danil. Kyrk 1667, C. Command 1634, Tho Morley, Mr. [?]watt 1800, Mrs. Thompson 1820, M. Markfisher, Elth. Thompson. Dealer's description mounted on p. [2] of cover; H.P. Kraus description, laid in. An additional detached copy of p. 719-177 laid in. DLC
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
LC copy is gift of Hans P. and Hanni Kraus. DLC
Astronomy
Early works to 1800
Arithmetic
Early works to 1900
Trigonometry
Tables
Early maps
England
London
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Kraus, H.P. Sir Francis Drake,
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