Pre-1600 Rare Books Collection: Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics, Philosophy & Theology, and Literature | The Augustus De Morgan Collection, Part 1
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Title:
Baculum familliare, catholicon siue generale ::a booke of the making and vse of a staffe, newly inuented by the author, called the familiar staffe : as well for that it may be made vsually and familiarlie to walke with, as for that it performeth the geometrical mensurations of all altitudes, longitudes, latitudes, distances and profundities, as many myles of, as the eye may well see and discerne, most speedily, exactly and familiarly without any maner of arithmeticall calculation, easily to be learned and practised, euen by the vnlettered : newlie compiled, and at this time published for the speciall helpe of shooting in great ordinance, and other millitarie seruices, and may as well be imployed by the ingenious, for measuring of land, and to a number of other good purposes, both geometricall and astronomicall /
Creator:
Blagrave, John,d. 1611.
- De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871,former owner.
- Jackson, Hugh,d. 1616,printer.
- De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871,former owner.
- Jackson, Hugh,d. 1616,printer.
Date:
1590
Date in Source:
1590.
Imprint:
London : Printed by Heugh Iackson dwelling at Fleete Bridge, at the signe of S. Iohn the Euangelist,
Language:
English
Format:
[8], 70, [2] p. :ill. ;20 cm. (4to)
Reference:
ESTC S102659
STC (2nd ed.) 3118
Note:
- Last leaf is blank.
- Running title: "The vse of the familiar staffe"; occasionally "The vse of the familliar staffe"
- Signatures: A-K[superscript]4.
- ULL copy is from the library of Augustus De Morgan. Note in 16th or 17th-cent. hand on leaf A3r.
- ULL copy is bound in calf with gilt centrepiece and cornerpieces on upper and lower boards. Initials "R.P." around centrepieces. Two holes at edge of each board for ties.
- ULL copy is bound with Recorde's Whetstone of witte (1557) and his Pathwaie to knowledge (1574). List of contents [in De Morgan's hand?] on front flyleaf. Note on front flyleaf: "pret & fol. Apr. 22 1635".
- DOI: 10.1163/9789004409286_MOR1-b20802900
- Last leaf is blank.
- Running title: "The vse of the familiar staffe"; occasionally "The vse of the familliar staffe"
- Signatures: A-K[superscript]4.
- ULL copy is from the library of Augustus De Morgan. Note in 16th or 17th-cent. hand on leaf A3r.
- ULL copy is bound in calf with gilt centrepiece and cornerpieces on upper and lower boards. Initials "R.P." around centrepieces. Two holes at edge of each board for ties.
- ULL copy is bound with Recorde's Whetstone of witte (1557) and his Pathwaie to knowledge (1574). List of contents [in De Morgan's hand?] on front flyleaf. Note on front flyleaf: "pret & fol. Apr. 22 1635".
- DOI: 10.1163/9789004409286_MOR1-b20802900
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