The arte of nauigation. : Contayning a breife description of the spheare, vvith the partes and circles of the same: as also the making and vse of certaine instruments. Very necessarie for all sortes of sea-men to vnderstand. First written in Spanish by Martin Curtis, and translated into English by Richard Eden: and lastly corrected and augmented, with a regiment or table of declination, and diuers other necessary tables and rules of common nauigation. Calculated (this yeare 1596. being leap yeare) by I.T.
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The arte of nauigation. : Contayning a breife description of the spheare, vvith the partes and circles of the same: as also the making and vse of certaine instruments. Very necessarie for all sortes of sea-men to vnderstand. First written in Spanish by Martin Curtis, and translated into English by Richard Eden: and lastly corrected and augmented, with a regiment or table of declination, and diuers other necessary tables and rules of common nauigation. Calculated (this yeare 1596. being leap yeare) by I.T.
Uniform title
Breve compendio de la sphera y de la arte de navegar. English
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Edw. Allde for Hugh Astley, by the assignes of Richard Watkins, and are to be solde at Sainct Magnus corner, 1596.
Description
[6], 90 [i.e. 88], [2] leaves, plate : ill. (woodcuts), map ; (4to)
Associated name
Cortés, Martín, 1532-1589, author.
Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576.
Tapp, John, active 1596-1615.
Allde, Edward, -1627, printer.
Astley, Hugh, -1609?, bookseller.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Eden, Richard, 1521?-1576.
Tapp, John, active 1596-1615.
Allde, Edward, -1627, printer.
Astley, Hugh, -1609?, bookseller.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
A translation of: Breve compendio de la sphera y de la arte de navegar.
I.T. = John Tapp.
The first leaf is blank.
Leaf 88 misnumbered 90.
Some of the diagrams have volvelles.
Signatures: A-M⁸.
Stationers' register: Entered to T. Dawson 1 March and 'striken out' 5 April 1596; entered to Astley 3 November 1600.
I.T. = John Tapp.
The first leaf is blank.
Leaf 88 misnumbered 90.
Some of the diagrams have volvelles.
Signatures: A-M⁸.
Stationers' register: Entered to T. Dawson 1 March and 'striken out' 5 April 1596; entered to Astley 3 November 1600.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 5803
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S108714
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S108714
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
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STC 5803
Folger-specific note
HH60/8. Green morocco binding with arms of William Henry Miller; gold-tooled and signed by F. Bedford. -Some volvelle pieces (dials). Provenance: Britwell Court sale, 30 March 1925:201; collated by F. S. F[erguson?] at Quaritch 8 April 1925; Harmsworth copy