The mariners magazine; or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. : Containing, the description and use of the scale of scales; it being a mathematical ruler, that resolves most mathematical conclusions: and likewise the making and use of the crostaff, ... and other most useful instruments ... The art of navigation, ... with new tables of the longitude and latitude of ... places round the world, from the meridian of the Lizard: And new exact tables of the sun's declination and right ascension of some eminent fixed stars. Together with a discourse of the practick part of navigation ... A new way of surveying land ... The art of gauging all sorts of vessels ... The art of dialling by a gnomonical scale ... Whereunto is annexed, an abridgment of the penalties and forfeitures, ... relating to the customs and navigation. Also a compendium of fortification... By Capt. Samuel Sturmy.
1669
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Title
The mariners magazine; or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. : Containing, the description and use of the scale of scales; it being a mathematical ruler, that resolves most mathematical conclusions: and likewise the making and use of the crostaff, ... and other most useful instruments ... The art of navigation, ... with new tables of the longitude and latitude of ... places round the world, from the meridian of the Lizard: And new exact tables of the sun's declination and right ascension of some eminent fixed stars. Together with a discourse of the practick part of navigation ... A new way of surveying land ... The art of gauging all sorts of vessels ... The art of dialling by a gnomonical scale ... Whereunto is annexed, an abridgment of the penalties and forfeitures, ... relating to the customs and navigation. Also a compendium of fortification... By Capt. Samuel Sturmy.
Created/published
London : Printed by E. Cotes for G. Hurlock, W. Fisher, E. Thomas, and D. Page; and are to be sold at their shops over against St. Magnus Church neer London-bridge, at the Postern-gate neer Tower-hill, at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, and at the Anchor and Mariner in East-Smithfield, MDCLXIX [1669]
Description
[32], 219, [7], 132, [6], 52, [52], 11, [3], 13, [1] p., [14] leaves of plates : ill., diagrams, tables ; (fol.)
Associated name
Sturmy, Samuel, 1633-1669, author.
Note
Title page in red and black.
With additional engraved title page (plate).
Includes volvelles.
"A constant kalendar; or An almanck for three hundred years." has separate title page, dated either 1668 or 1669, on leaf O2r; pagination and register are continuous.
"Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The fifth book." has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by William Godbid", on leaf 3A1r; pagination begins on leaf 3A2r.
Divisional title page on leaf 3M4r: The mariner's magazine; or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The sixth book.
Leaf 3R4 is blank.
"The seventh book. The mariners magazine, ... The art of dialling by the gnomical scale," has separate dated title page on leaf 4A1r; pagination begins on leaf 4A3r.
"Canon triangulorum logarithmicus" (Wing S6095) has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by E. Cotes", on leaf a1r; unpaginated.
"Chiliades decem logarithmorum," has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by E. Cotes", on leaf g1r; unpaginated.
"A summary of such penalites and foreitures as are limited and appointed by several Acts of Parliament relating to the customs & navigation." has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by E. Cotes", on leaf n1r; pagination begins on leaf n3r.
"A compendium of fortification" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by E. Cotes", on leaf p1r; pagination begins on leaf p2r.
Signatures: A⁴(-A4) [superscript pi]a-c⁴ B-2C⁴ 2D⁴(2D1+chi²) 2E⁴ 2F², 3A⁴(3A1+3a²) 3B-3R⁴, 4A-4G⁴, a-m² n-q⁴.
"A compendium of fortification" filmed separately and identified as Wing S5357 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 1103; "Canon triangulorum logarithmicus" filmed separately on reel 1103.
With additional engraved title page (plate).
Includes volvelles.
"A constant kalendar; or An almanck for three hundred years." has separate title page, dated either 1668 or 1669, on leaf O2r; pagination and register are continuous.
"Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The fifth book." has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by William Godbid", on leaf 3A1r; pagination begins on leaf 3A2r.
Divisional title page on leaf 3M4r: The mariner's magazine; or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The sixth book.
Leaf 3R4 is blank.
"The seventh book. The mariners magazine, ... The art of dialling by the gnomical scale," has separate dated title page on leaf 4A1r; pagination begins on leaf 4A3r.
"Canon triangulorum logarithmicus" (Wing S6095) has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by E. Cotes", on leaf a1r; unpaginated.
"Chiliades decem logarithmorum," has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by E. Cotes", on leaf g1r; unpaginated.
"A summary of such penalites and foreitures as are limited and appointed by several Acts of Parliament relating to the customs & navigation." has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by E. Cotes", on leaf n1r; pagination begins on leaf n3r.
"A compendium of fortification" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by E. Cotes", on leaf p1r; pagination begins on leaf p2r.
Signatures: A⁴(-A4) [superscript pi]a-c⁴ B-2C⁴ 2D⁴(2D1+chi²) 2E⁴ 2F², 3A⁴(3A1+3a²) 3B-3R⁴, 4A-4G⁴, a-m² n-q⁴.
"A compendium of fortification" filmed separately and identified as Wing S5357 on UMI microfilm set "Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 1103; "Canon triangulorum logarithmicus" filmed separately on reel 1103.
Reproduction
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1975, 1980. 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 581:7; 1103:1; 1103:15).
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo. DFONOTE jre: title reads:...Lizard: and new exact tables of the sun's declination, newly calculated; and of the longitude and latitude, declination and right ascension of some eminent fixed stars....", complete title transcription ?; pag: [30], 202, [4], 203-219,...[13] leaves of plates; slip cancels with engr. diagrams on 4D1v and 4F1r; engr. title page is signed "Tho: Cross sculpsit"
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea.
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), S6096
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), S6095
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R23470
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), S6095
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R23470
Includes
Constant kalendar; or An almanck for three hundred years.
Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The fifth book.
Mariner's magazine; or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The sixth book.
Seventh book. The mariners magazine, ... The art of dialling by the gnomical scale.
Canon triangulorum logarithmicus.
Chiliades decem logarithmorum.
Summary of such penalites and foreitures as are limited and appointed by several Acts of Parliament relating to the customs & navigation.
Compendium of fortification.
Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The fifth book.
Mariner's magazine; or, Sturmy's mathematical and practical arts. The sixth book.
Seventh book. The mariners magazine, ... The art of dialling by the gnomical scale.
Canon triangulorum logarithmicus.
Chiliades decem logarithmorum.
Summary of such penalites and foreitures as are limited and appointed by several Acts of Parliament relating to the customs & navigation.
Compendium of fortification.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
151- 383f
Folger-specific note
Three plates bear volvelles. Sep. tp for "A constant kalendar..." dated 1668. sig.3a misbound in prelims. after A3. [superscript pi]c1 with temoin and H3 untrimmed. Some print show-through. Sheepskin binding, rebacked; marbled end-papers; all edges gilt. Provenance: anonymous armorial bookplate, obscured by armorial bookplate of Charles Pasley (motto "pro rege et patria pugnans"); armorial bookplate of Sir Massie Blomfield (motto "auspicium melionis aevi"); bought by the Folger from Sothebys, 11 May 1955, no.666