General and rare memorials pertayning to the perfect arte of nauigation: : annexed to the paradoxal cumpas, in playne: now first published: 24. yeres, after the first inuention thereof..
Dee, John,1527-1608.
Gemistus Plethon, George,active 15th century.
Canter, Willem,1542-1575.
[Printed at London : By Iohn Daye,
Anno 1577].
Mainly an argument for a "Pety-Navy-Royall" for protection of the coast and fisheries.
With a title-page woodcut.
Imprint from colophon. At foot: Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis.
"Georgii Gemisti Plethonis de rebus Peloponnesi, oratio. 1", p. 65-68; ".. oratio posterior: Guilielmo Cantero, interprete", p. 69-79.
The two final leaves contain verses to Christopher Hatton and a coat of arms.
Leaves [Delta]3,4 are cancels.
A statement on K4r, 5 lines up, states that 100 copies were printed.
The name of the author, John Dee, appears encoded in the signatures of the first three quires, in the letter inset on p. [epsilon]2v., and in other places.
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