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BLUNDEVILLE, HIS EXERCISES, LONDON, 1594, OLD VELLUM (A REIMBOITAGE)
估價
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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描述
- His exercises, containing sixe treatises. London: John Windet, 1594
FIRST EDITION, 6 parts in one volume, 4to (198 x 142mm.), 3 folding woodcut and/or printed plates/tables, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, including 4 with volvelles (at ff. 145, 151 [misnumbered 149], 338v and 350), A1 blank except for printed signature "A" (and old inscriptions), old vellum (a reimboitage), small hole in title due to ink erasure, one volvelle apparently a replacement
來源
Mattock, signatures on title; Yorkshire Philosophical Society, old library stamps; Dr A.W. Spence, bookplate on verso of title, sale in these rooms, 17 March 1958, lot 36a, Maggs; bought from Chaucer Head Bookshop, Presteigne, UK, 2000
出版
Tomash & Williams B180; ESTC S102547; Sabin 6023; STC 3146; USTC 512492
Condition
the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
"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."
拍品資料及來源
"An important book in the history of navigation. Here for the first time the modern forms of the trigonometric functions of sine, tangent and secant were published in English" (Tomash & Williams). The six parts comprise Treatise of arithmetic; The first principles of cosmographie; A plaine description of Mercator and his two globes; Petrus Plancius his universall map; Plaine description of Maister Blagrave his astrolabe; A new and necessarie treatise of navigation. The work includes the voyages of Sir Francis Drake (f. 242v) and Thomas Cavendish (244r), as well as descriptions of China (255v) and the South Pole (271v).