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A boke named tectonicon : briefly shewinge the exacte measuring, and spedye reckonynge all maner of lande, squares, tymber, stone, steaples, pyllers, globes &c. : further, declaringe the perfecte makinge and large vse of the carpenters ruler, contayninge a quadrante geometricall, comprehendinge also the rare vse of the squire : and in thende a lytle treatise adioyned, openinge the composition and appliancie of an instrument called the profitable staffe : with other thinges pleasaunt and necesarye, most conducible for surueyers, landemeaters, jointers, carpenters, and masons / published by Leonarde Digges gentleman, in the yeare of our Lorde, 1556.

Van Pelt - Microtext STC I Reel 1750:30.
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Format:
Microformat
Author/Creator:
Digges, Leonard, -approximately 1559.
Series:
Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1750:30.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Measurement--Early works to 1800.
Measurement.
Physical Description:
52 unnumbered pages : illustrations
35 mm
monochrome
service copy
positive
Other Title:
Book named tectonicon.
Tectonicon.
Place of Publication:
[London] : Imprinted at London in Fletestreate neare to S. Dunstones Churche, by Thomas Marshe, 1570.
Notes:
"Alitle treatise declaring the makyng and vse of an instrument geometricall" has special t.p.
Signatures: [A]2 B4 C-D6 E-F4.
Illustrated t.p.
Reproduction of original in the British Library.
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1983. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1750:30)
Cited in:
STC (2nd ed.) 6850.5
Contains:
Little treatise declaring the making and use of an instrument geometrical.
OCLC:
22294071

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