M. Blvndevile his Exercises
Subtitle: contayning eight treatises ... : which treatises are very necessary to be read and learned of all yong [sic] gentlemen that have 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: Stansby, William, fl. 1597-1638; Borden, Robert Laird, Sir, 1854-1937 (bookplate)
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, etc.; Early maps.
Work titles: Exercises.
Notes: Errors in paging.

Each treatise, except the first, has special t.p., the last dated 1621.

S.T.C. 3150.

Pages 257-320 (incl. t.p. to "A plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmographie"), p. 513-544 (incl. t.p. to "A plaine and full description of Petrus Plancivs his vniversall mappe"), and the plates, wanting.

Diagrams on p. 385, 720 and 744 include movable parts, those on the last two being volvelles.

With the bookplate of Robert Laird Borden.
Table of contents: value: Of arithmeticke.-  A briefe description of the tables of three speciall right lines belonging to a circle, called signes, lines tangent, and lines secant.; value: A plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmographie.; value: A plaine description of Mercator his two globes ... Whereunto is added a briefe description of the two great globes lately set forth by M. Molinaxe, and of sir Francis Drake his first voyage into the Indies.-  A plaine and full description of Petrus Plancivs his vniuersall mappe.; value: A verie briefe and most plaine description of Mr. Blagrave his astrolabe.; value: A new and necessarie treatise of navigation.; value: A briefe description of vniversall maps and cardes, and of their vse, and also the vse of Ptolomey his tables.