SURVEYING, ENGLISH, A COLLECTION OF 4 VOLUMES

i. Rudd, Thomas (1584?-1656). Practical geometry. London: Richard Leybourn for Robert Boydell, 1650, 4to, diagrams, later calf preserving contemporary upper board, bookplate of the Turner collection, Keele University, deaccessioned in 1998 (bought from Simon Finch, 2001), [T&W R122; ESTC R206401; Wing R2170; Hill, Turner Collection, p.190]ii. Wing, Vincent (1619-1668). Geodætes practicus: or, The art of surveying. London: William Leybourn for George Sawbridge, 1664, 8vo, diagrams, H6 a cancel (stub visible), later calf, (bought from Philip J. Pirages, McMinnville, OR, 1999), [T&W W91; ESTC R8249; Wing W2991]iii. Hammond, John. The practical surveyor. London: T. Heath, 1731, second edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, 12 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, (bought from Librairie Minet frères, Brussels, 1995), [T&W H12; ESTC T125953], some browning and fraying with lossiv. Wyld, Samuel. The Practical surveyor. London: J. Hooke and J. Sisson, 1725, engraved frontispiece, 5 folding engraved plates, (bought from Kenneth Karmiole, Santa Monica, CA, 2007), [not in T&W; ESTC T125393 (3 copies)]

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