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A tutor to astronomie and geographie, or, An easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, cœlestial and terrestrial : in six books ..
Uniform Title
Tutor to astronomy and geography
Title
A tutor to astronomie and geographie, or, An easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, cœlestial and terrestrial : in six books ... / by Joseph Moxon ; whereunto is added The antient poetical stories of the stars, shewing reasons why the several shapes and forms are pictured on the cœlestial globe collected from Dr. Hood ; as also a discourse of the antiquity, progress and augmentation of astronomie.
Published
London : Printed by Joseph Moxon and sold at his shop on Corn-hill, at the signe of Atlas, 1659.
Physical Description
[16], 224, 40 p. : ill. ; 20 cm (4to)
Local Notes
BEIN Taylor 356: Imperfect: some leaves slightly mutilated.
BEIN 2018 508: Imperfect: Title page bled at top. Binding with gold stamped crown and monogram C.R. "Cover bears the cipher of King Charles II"--Gates, S.F. Catalog of a collection of globes and books on the use of globes, spanning the years 1600-1900. From the library of Stephen F. Gates.
BEIN 2018 536: Imperfect: Paper irregularity of leaf 2F1, with some loss of text. From the library of Stephen F. Gates.
Notes
Loosely based on Part 2 of: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon. Institutio astronomica de usu globorum et sphaerarum caelestium ac terrestrium.
Added engraved title page printed on leaf *1v: Ductor ad astronomiam & geographiam, vel Usus globi celestis quam terrestris.
Signatures: *⁴ A-2F⁴, ²B-F⁴.
Bookseller's advertisement on p. [4], first count.
"Ancient stories of the several stars ... collected from Dr. Hood": p. 200-224.
Variant and related titles
Tutor to astronomie and geographie
Easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, cœlestial and terrestrial
Ductor ad astronomiam & geographiam, vel, Usus globi celestis quam terrestris
Ductor ad astronomiam et geographiam, vel, Usus globi celestis quam terrestris
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
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 (2nd ed.), M3021
English short title catalogue, R23159
Gates, S.F. Catalog of a collection of globes and books on the use of globes, spanning the years 1600-1900, page 57
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Gates Collection of Globes and Books about Globes.
England London.
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