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The antiquity & excellency of globes : what a globe is, and of the circles without the globe, what t...

The antiquity & excellency of globes : what a globe is, and of the circles without the globe, what t...

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The antiquity & excellency of globes : what a globe is, and of the circles without the globe, what the horizon is with the things described thereon, also what the meridian is, the poles, axes, houre circle and index. Moreover of the circles which are described on the supersicies of the globes; of the equinoctiall circle, zodiack, and eccliptick, of the tropicks, what the artick and antartick circles are; of the verticall circles, and quadrant of latitude, of the zones and their numbers of climates and paralels. All which are proper to the celestiall and terrestriall globes, with their uses, profitable for all that would be instructed in geography.

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The antiquity & excellency of globes : what a globe is, and of the circles without the globe, what the horizon is with the things described thereon, also what the meridian is, the poles, axes, houre circle and index. Moreover of the circles which are described on the supersicies of the globes; of the equinoctiall circle, zodiack, and eccliptick, of the tropicks, what the artick and antartick circles are; of the verticall circles, and quadrant of latitude, of the zones and their numbers of climates and paralels. All which are proper to the celestiall and terrestriall globes, with their uses, profitable for all that would be instructed in geography.

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Publisher

London : printed by M.S. and are to be sold by Tho. Jenner at the south-entrance of the Old Exchange, 1652 [i.e. 1653]

Date

1652 [i.e. 1653]

Call Numbers

SAFE/ 65/2

Record Identifier

74VvGpmoXyxb

MMS ID

991012490149702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[2], 26 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 20 cm. (4to)

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed by M.S. and are to be sold by Tho. Jenner at the south-entrance of the Old Exchange, 1652 [i.e. 1653]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1652 [i.e. 1653]

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Access Conditions

Dixson Library copy at SAFE/ 65/2 : Supervised access only by appointment through Manager Access & Information.

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Full title

The antiquity & excellency of globes : what a globe is, and of the circles without the globe, what the horizon is with the things described thereon, also what the meridian is, the poles, axes, houre circle and index. Moreover of the circles which are described on the supersicies of the globes; of the equinoctiall circle, zodiack, and eccliptick, of...

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Notes

General note

Author attribution from Wing.

Titlepage is on the verso of A1.

The publication year is given according to Lady Day dating.

With an engraved map of the north and south hemispheres.

Included in W.J. Cameron's short-title catalogue of books printed in Britain and British books pritned abroad 1641-1700, 1962, p. 68.

Exhibited in: Crux. Rare maps from the State Library of NSW...

Citation / References Note

Wing (2nd ed.), G1524.

Thomason, E.689[27].

ESTC, R206953

Additional physical form availability note

Online at the State Library of NSW.

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Call Numbers

SAFE/ 65/2

Record Identifier

74VvGpmoXyxb

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MMS ID

991012490149702626

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