The mathematical ievvel : 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.
1585
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The mathematical ievvel : 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.
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Walter Venge, dwelling in Fleetelane ouer against the Maiden head, [1585]
Description
[12], 124 p., [2] plates, folded table : ill. (woodcuts) ; (fol.)
Associated name
Blagrave, John, -1611, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
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.
Stationers' register: Entered 30 September 1584.
Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par.]² A-P⁴ Q².
Includes index.
Stationers' register: Entered 30 September 1584.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
ESTC staff note
L copy filmed on UMI "Tract supplement" reel E1 (Harl. 5919[34]): leaf [par]2 only.
Signatures from DFo.
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), 3119
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S373
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S373
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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STC 3119
Folger-specific note
HH28/9. Extra copy of plate, "Margarita mathematica" (with verso blank). Stained; slightly wormholed; some leaves mended. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Musgrave (with shelf mark); Harmsworth copy