Wing, Geodaetes Practicus Redivivus: or, The Art of Surveying, 1700, contemporary blind-stamped calf

John Wing

Geodaetes Practicus Redivivus: or, The Art of Surveying. London: J. Matthews for Awnsham and Churchill, 1700

folio (305 x 187mm.), 7 leaves of plates (1 folding), plus notes and pen trials, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, quatrefoil stamps in centre, two outlined in ink, inscription on upper cover 'G. H. 1783', slightly browned, light waterstain to upper half of last 20 leaves, minor marginal wormholes, repairs to both covers and ends of spine, upper corner bumped, joints cracked

Comprising 7 books containing geometry, trigonometry, mapping and arithmetic in order to survey land, including a section on logarithms and a supplement entitled Scientia Stellarum: or, the Starry Science Exposed in the Calculation of the Planets Places, both in Longitude and Latitude, 1699.

PROVENANCE

Thomas Hickes, inscription on title-page dated 1742 and at end; G.H., initials on upper cover dated 1783; William Oldland, inscription dated 1800 on pastedown; Edward Rouse, inscription on flyleaf

LITERATURE

ESTC R221123