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Mr. Blundevil his exercises : contayning eight treatises, the titles whereof are set down in the next printed page : which treatises are very necessary to be read and learned of all young gentlemen, that have not been exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to have knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the art of navigation, in which art it is impossible to profit without the help of these or such like instructions / to the furtherance of which art of navigation the said Mr. Blundevil specially wrot the said treatises, and of meere good-will doth dedicate the same young gentlemen of this realme.
Van Pelt - Microtext STC I Reel 1745:18.
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- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Blundeville, Thomas, active 1561.
- Series:
- Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1745:18.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy--Early works to 1800.
- Astronomy.
- Arithmetic--Early works to 1900.
- Arithmetic.
- Trigonometry--Tables.
- Trigonometry.
- Early maps.
- Genre:
- Tables.
- Tables (Data)
- Physical Description:
- 12 unnumbered pages, 799, that is, 801 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 5 leaves of plates : illustrations, map
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Edition:
- The seventh edition corrected and somewhat enlarged / by Ro. Hartwell ...
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by Richard Bishop, and are to be sold by William Hope at the Vnicorn neere the Royall Exchange, 1638.
- Contents:
- Of arithmetick
- A briefe description of the tables of three speciall right lines belonging to a circle, called sines, tangents, and secants
- A plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmograpy, and specially of the spheare, representing the shape of the world
- A plaine description of Mercator his two globes
- A plaine and full description of Petrus Pancius his universall map
- A very briefe and most plaine description of Mr. Balgrave his astrolabe
- A new and necessary treatise of navigation
- A brief description of universall maps.
- Notes:
- Each treatise has special t.p. and those with imprints are dated 1636.
- Signatures: A-3Z8.
- Numerous errors in paging.
- Imperfect: cropped, with print show-through.
- Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1745:18)
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 3151a
- Contains:
- Of arithmetick.
- Briefe description of the tables of three speciall right lines belonging to a circle.
- Plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmography.
- Plaine description of Mercator his two globes.
- Plaine and full description of Petrus Plancius his universall map.
- Very briefe and most plaine description of Mr. Blagrave his astrolabe.
- New and necessary treatise of navigation.
- Briefe description of universall maps.
- OCLC:
- 22106875
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