M. Blundeuile his exercises
Subtitle: contayning eight treatises ... very necessary to be read and learned of all yong gentlemen that haue not beene exercised in such disciplines and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the art of nauigation ...
Contributors: Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594.; Plancius, Petrus, 1552-1622.; Blagrave, John, d. 1611.; Stansby, William, fl. 1597-1638, printer.; Meighan, Richard, bookseller.; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: The sixth edition corrected and augmented.
Publisher: Printed by William Stansby and are to be sold by Richard Meighen ...
Published: 1622
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 799
Subjects: Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900.; Trigonometry -- Tables.; Early maps.
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Early works to 1900.; Tables.
Notes: STC (2nd ed.) 3150
RLIN DCSG288139-B
Each pt., except "The treatise of arithmeticke," has special t.p.
Signatures: A-3E⁸. A1 blank.
LC copy imperfect: first blank leaf, all after p. 643, and 4 plates wanting; collation from Smithsonian copy in RLIN.
Table of contents: title: The treatise of arithmeticke; title: A briefe description of the tables of three speciall right lines belonging to a circle, called signes, lines tangent, and lines secant; title: A plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmographie, and specially of the spheare, representing the shape of the whole world; title: A plaine description of Mercator his two globes; title: A plaine and full description of Petrus Plancius his vniuersall mappe; title: A verie briefe and most plaine description of Master Blagraue his astrolabe, which he calleth the mathematicall iewell; title: [A new and necessarie treatise of nauigation; title: A brief description of vniuersall maps and cardes].