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DELAMAIN, THE MAKING, DESCRIPTION, AND USE OF A SMALL PORTABLE INSTRUMENT, LONDON, 1632
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- The making, description, and use of a small portable instrument for ye pocket (or according to any magnitude) in forme of a mixt trapezia thus called a horizontall quadrant. Composed and prodused soly for the benefit and use of such which are studious of mathematicall practice. London: Richard Hawkins, 1632
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (170 x 104mm.), engraved frontispiece and title, folding letterpress table, woodcut diagrams, engraved illustration pasted to foot of O4 and folded, engraved plate at end, contemporary mottled calf, modern folding cloth box, lacking one plate, a few leaves trimmed at head, binding rebacked
Provenance
William Charles de Meuron, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam (1872-1943), armorial bookplate; Harrison D. Horblit (1912-1988); bought from H.P. Kraus, New York, 1985, Catalogue 168, item 13, $2500
Literature
Tomash & Williams D27; ESTC S109555; Instruments in print 7; STC 6544
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"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: no copy in the British Library. The author, a teacher of mathematics in London, here claims to have invented a horizontal dial which made it possible to tell the time and establish the place of the sun without difficult calculations. His book inaugurated a bitter quarrel with William Oughtred and with Oughtred's pupil, William Forster, over the true inventor of the instrument.