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Seller, John
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description
- Seller, John
- A Pocket Book containing several Choice Collections in Arithmetick, Navigation, Astronomy, Astrology, Geometry, Geography, Surveying, Measuring, Dialling, Gageing. London: and are sold by him [John Seller] at the Hermitage in Wapping and at his Shoop in Pope's head Alley in Cornhill, [1677?]
- paper
8vo (134 x 84mm.), third edition, 40pp. of text, engraved title, 43 single-page and 15 further double-page plates, tables and maps (several coloured in hand), contemporary or near contemporary calf, earlier plates laid down or mounted, some soiling or staining throughout, binding repaired and worn, joints partially split
Provenance
William O’Brien, bequest booklabel dated 1899
Literature
Wing S2480A
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing unless otherwise stated
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
RARE. Seller’s Pocket Book was a vade-mecum for English gentlemen, a compendium of useful information for every occasion, with an impressively wide-ranging series of tables including monthly almanacs, calendars, lists of the Kings of England and Lord Mayors of London, feast days, tables to calculate Easter and the full moon, tables of astronomy, trigonometry, geometry, weights and measures, and even a table to calculate how many bricks would be needed to make a wall. The precise number and composition of plates and maps seem to vary slightly from edition to edition and from copy to copy. The present example has the double-page plate with a table to calculate the day of the new and full moon for the years 1678 to 1692, but wants the uncommon double-page engraving explaining Edward Coleman’s system of cyphers which was present in the Wardington copy sold in these rooms on 10 October 2006, together with the rotating overlay for the world map also present in that copy. The single-page maps of the continents, each with an accompanying engraved table of the divisions (or countries/regions), were first prepared for the Book of Geography, and its later edition the Atlas minimus.