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The mathematical ievvel [electronic resource] : shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a sing...

The mathematical ievvel [electronic resource] : shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a sing...

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The mathematical ievvel [electronic resource] : shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a singuler instrument so called: in that it performeth with wonderfull dexteritie, whatsoeuer is to be done, either by quadrant, ship, circle, cylinder, ring, dyall, horoscope, astrolabe, sphere, globe, or any such like heretofore deuised: ... The vse of which iewel, is so aboundant and ample, that it leadeth any man practising thereon, the direct pathway ... through the whole artes of astronomy, cosmography, ... and briefely of whatsoeuer concerneth the globe or sphere: ... The most part newly founde out by the author, compiled and published ... by Iohn Blagraue of Reading gentleman and well willer to the mathematickes, who hath cut all the prints or pictures of the whole worke with his owne hands. 1585.

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The mathematical ievvel [electronic resource] : shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a singuler instrument so called: in that it performeth with wonderfull dexteritie, whatsoeuer is to be done, either by quadrant, ship, circle, cylinder, ring, dyall, horoscope, astrolabe, sphere, globe, or any such like heretofore deuised: ... The vse of which iewel, is so aboundant and ample, that it leadeth any man practising thereon, the direct pathway ... through the whole artes of astronomy, cosmography, ... and briefely of whatsoeuer concerneth the globe or sphere: ... The most part newly founde out by the author, compiled and published ... by Iohn Blagraue of Reading gentleman and well willer to the mathematickes, who hath cut all the prints or pictures of the whole worke with his owne hands. 1585.

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Publisher

Imprinted at London : by Walter Venge, dwelling in Fleetelane ouer against the Maiden head, [1585]

Alternative title

Mathematical jewel.
Margarita mathematica.

Date

[1585]

Record Identifier

74VM5arDyj7A

MMS ID

991003668849702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

[12], 124 p., [2] plates, folded table : ill. (woodcuts)

Publication information

Publisher

Imprinted at London : by Walter Venge, dwelling in Fleetelane ouer against the Maiden head, [1585]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

[1585]

Access and use

Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

The mathematical ievvel [electronic resource] : shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a singuler instrument so called: in that it performeth with wonderfull dexteritie, whatsoeuer is to be done, either by quadrant, ship, circle, cylinder, ring, dyall, horoscope, astrolabe, sphere, globe, or any such like heretofore deuised: ... The vse of w...

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

The "plates" are similar woodcuts with recto title "Margarita mathematica"; one verso title is "The mathematicall ievvell", the other "The reete".

Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par.]² A-P⁴ Q² .

Includes index.

L copy, reel 2021, minus H4.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Citation / References Note

STC (2nd ed.) 3119.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/56.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 2021:10)

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Record Identifier

74VM5arDyj7A

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM5arDyj7A

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MMS ID

991003668849702626