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4to, xxiii, [i], 502pp., facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth. Covers mechanics, astronomy, navigation, surveying, architecture and commerce, as well as pure mathematics. Each biography is followed by details of all the author's mathematical works, including many books and articles. 1,090 authors, over 8,000 books, illustrations and indexes. A scarce bibliography. A further part was planed but never issued.
First English Edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of De Witt, with the half-title on the recto, light damp-staining on lower margins of the first 8 leaves, with the 2 blank leaves at end, lvi, 492, [4] pp., contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt in compartments, slightly chipped at head and tail of spine, morocco label, a very good copy. This work is a translation of Court's "Aanwissing der heilsams politike Gronden en Maximen van de Republike van Holland", of 1699, which is in turn is an unauthorised revision and enlargement of his "Interest van Holland." of 1662. This translation wrongly attributes the work to Johan de Witt. The work had been circulated in manuscript and was published, without de la Court's permission, by de Witt "without doubt one of the greatest, if not the greatest statesman of his age"- Palgrave. Einaudi, 1370; Goldsmith, 3864; Kress, 2344
First Edition, half-title, 71, [1] pp., disbound. Kress, 3599; Goldsmith, 6363; Hanson, 3454.
Second edition, 8vo (195 x 125 mm), viii, 525, [3]pp., with a final contents leaf, lacks front fly-leaf, margins of title page browned, folding engraved plate, numerous illustrations in the text, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed. Provenance: Cont. signature of Sir John Kalkett at head of title page, the armorial bookplate of Pitfirrane Castle; University of Keele, Turner Collection label on front paste-down. Wallis, 730PAT30/39.
2 Vols., large 8vo, illustrs., throughout, orig. printed boards, price lists loosely inserted, 366 lots.
First Edition, stain on upper outer corner of 8pp. touching the text of one leaf, 16pp., stitched as issued, uncut. Includes reports on the surveys submitted by William Chapman, and Ralph Burton on a proposal to link Knaresborough by canal to the River Ure, or River Ouse. Skempton, 240.
4to, xxiii, [i], 502pp., facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth. Covers mechanics, astronomy, navigation, surveying, architecture and commerce, as well as pure mathematics. Each biography is followed by details of all the author's mathematical works, including many books and articles. 1,090 authors, over 8,000 books, illustrations and indexes. A scarce bibliography. A further part was planed but never issued.
First edition, folio, 2 vols., in one, engraved frontispiece and 79 engraved plates, UNFORTUNATELY LACKING PLATE 76, some light browning, recent suede with calf gilt label to spine, a nice copy.
Engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, (1010 x 660 mm), divided into 25 sections and laid on linen, scale approximately 12 miles to the inch, occasional minor handling and age marks but overall in good condition, in restored orig. slip-case, orig. gold printed label on upper cover. A colour coded key provides information on 26 types of rock, with two horizontal sections beneath the map showing rocks and soils from Lands End to the German Ocean along an east-west line and a line north-south from St. Georges Channel to the English Channel.
First edition, 8vo (210 x 140 mm), 35, [1]pp., recent quarter calf, marbled boards, morocco title label to spine. Richard Thomas (1779-1858), civil engineer and surveyor, often referred to as Richard Thomas of Falmouth. This was his first appearance in print, on the verso of the terminal leaf is an advert for "A Chart of the Severn, On a large Scale, from an Actual Survey, Size 6 feet by 2 feet, by Richard Thomas". The former owner of this scarce pamphlet has noted "I have this Chart of the Severn - now with my other charts. 1890. N. W." Skempton, 1629; Not in the British Library.
First edition, 8vo (200 x 130 mm), vii, [1], 30pp., coloured folding map frontis., cont. half calf, marbled boards, spine defective at foot, gilt lettered red morocco label on upper cover. A poetical celebration of the opening of the port of Norwich by William Cole (1769-1835), Suffolk farmer, later clerk at the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation Works. The plan for making Norwich a Port was first submitted by Crisp Brown on the 3rd of May, 1814, in which year William Cubitt, Civil Engineer, took a survey of the Navigation. The Royal Assent was granted on the 28th of May, 1827. Rare: Copac locating the BL and Oxford copies only.
First edition, [34]pp., final leaf blank, final signature bound out of order. 2 works bound in one, recent full calf to style, spine with five raised bands, intricate gilt tooling to compartments, red morocco title label lettered in gilt. Prior to going to Greenwich as Maskelyne's Assistant in 1788, William Garrard (active 1781-1808) was an usher at Mr Bettesworth's Marine Academy, Ormond House, Paradise Row, Chelsea. The tables within the first work, which are not paginated, consist of: Table I, Where in the Distance is Extended to Three Hundred and the Angles Shewn to Every Ten Minutes of the Quadrant. Table II, Being a Traverse Table of Quarter Points Wherein the Distance is Given From 1 to 300. Table III, From Whence the Sides of Plane Right Angled Triangles May be Taken to Six Places of Figures, Being the Radical Table on White the Proceeding Two are Founded. Table IV, Being An Improved Table of Meridional Parts For More Accurately Solving the Cases of Mercator's Sailing. The second work contains a two page preface followed by Tables and Observations. Both works are rare and recorded by ESTC in only a handful of locations.
8vo 190 x 120 mm), [2], 5-89, [1]pp., interleaved with blank pages, contemporary 46 page MS. tab index bound at front, cont. half calf, rubbed and worn.
First edition, [4], 56 pp., half-title, minor ink mark on inner blank margin of half-title and title, disbound. English ship-builders, were incensed that the Navigation Acts were proposing to allow Indian built ships to use the commercial shipping routes, traffic previously restricted by law to British built vessels. Harrison supported the ship-builders and put forward a case for 'the absolute exclusion of all India built ships and vessels from any participation in the privileges of British registry'.
Small 4to, 127-160pp., (extracted from a larger work), one folding engraved plate, later decorated paper wrappers.
Folio, docket title, 4, [2]pp., stitched and folded as issued.
First edition, 8vo, 2 vols., 8pp. publisher's catalogue tipped in before title, viii, 540; iv, 576pp., ownership inscription at head of title "Thomas Pearson, 1873.", 9 engraved plates, original boards, uncut, head of spines chipped original printed labels on spines. Amongst the numerous subjects covered are Astronomy, Adam Smith's Theory, Chemistry, Chronology, Electricity, Fluxions, Galvanism, Geography, Hydraulics, Optical Instruments, Mathematics, Mechanics, Political Economy, Navigation, Philosophy, Malthus on Population, Surveying, Telescopes and Zoology.
2 Vols., folio, [2], 460; [2], [441]-990, [2, directions to the binder], [4, list of subscribers]pp., lacks most plates and maps, text age-toned and with occasional staining, cont. red morocco, rubbed and worn. With 8 plates and 3 torn and defective maps: Vol. I. Plate. p. 157. Plate. p. 203. Plate. p. 407. Vol. II. Frontispiece. Map. p. 541. Map. p. 580. Plates x 2. p.685. Map. p. 906. Plates x 2. p. 920.
1986No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 256pp.
1971The standard reference book on boats and boating. 316 pages. Blue simulated leather covers; gilt title on spine. Dust jacket has small tear at top of spine and wear to corners, dirty on back cover.
1980From the bookshop of Francis Edwards Limited. A catalogue of their books with prices and detailed descriptions.
1972132 pages.Facsimile, first published 1859.
1968Safety standards for small boat owners covering water-craft, marine equipment, safe design, construction and practice. 228 pages. Marks and spots on covers, particularly near fore-edge.
1986With 71 plates, 64 line figures and 16 maps. xvii, 278 pages. Appendices and Index. Brown cloth covers with gilt title on spine. Light wear to dust jacket at top of spine.
1975Book is in excellent condition, in green cloth covers, large graphic in black on front cover, gilt lettering at spine. Many b&w illustrations on heavy cream colored paper, top page ends colored. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, is price clipped, no tears. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. From the flyleaf "Irked by the derogatory reaction of British critics who doubted that such books as Typee and Omoo could have been written by a common American sailor, Melville created Mardi -- on the surface, the record of an odyssey through imagined South Sea world. For the first time, Moore unravels the puzzle Melville created in Mardi, designed to dupe his elitist British readers, by exploring Melville's knowledge of astronomy, nautical navigation, astrology, and game theories. Hennig Cohen's foreword defends the traditional approach to reading Mardi and argues that Moore's heretical interpretation is interesting but narrow in scope. Moore then invites the reader to 'play Mardi'--to engage in games of wit, elaborate metaphor, and arcane learning-- to reveal the full meaning of the novel. The game may be plated most successfully by using the astronomy and astrology of Melville's time, but a knowledge of the Tarot and Ganjifa cards and of the usual Western decks of playing cards will add depth to your understanding. Mardi fulfills Melville's calim to originality and stands unique as a masterpiece of synthesis. Moore demonstrates a circular pattern in which metaphors intertwine and shows how Melville's use of The American Alamanac and his metaphor of time provides unity. She theorizes that Melville was a highly concious artist, capable of manipulating intricate strands of imagery, metaphor, and symbol through a detailed and precise method. Moreover, an elaborate system of puns gives his work an unsuspected economy even where it seems excessively and unnecessarily wordy. Though Mardi fails, perhaps from tediousness and overmanipulation, Melville followed through with the artistic implications in his later and greater books. Moore feels he had a highly developed concept of the errant or deceitful narrator and hoped to force his readers into an intense riddle-solving approach to Mardi."
