Practical navigation: or, An introduction to the whole art ...

Collection Data

Names
Seller, John, active 1658-1698 (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1672
Place: London
Publisher: Printed by John Darby, and are to be sold by the author, at his shops; and by John Wingfield book-seller
Library locations
Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: *KC 1672 (Seller, J. Practical navigation)
Topics
Navigation
Genres
Books
Notes
Content: The second edition, enlarged. By John Seller, hydrographer to the king.
Ownership: 303374B.
Citation/reference: Wing S2482
Content: "A table containing ten chiliads of logarithmes" and "A triangular canon logarithmical" have special title-pages dated 1672 and 1673 respectively.
Content: Engraved title page title: Practical navigation, or, An introduction to that whole art
Content: Lawrence H. Slaughter Collection ; 3011 (Map Div. copy)
Physical Description
Extent: 5 p. l., 278 p., 1 l., 88, [55], [92] p. illus., plates. 20 cm. (4to.)
NYPL Map Div. 97-6213 copy imperfect: lower corner of most leaves mutilated. Lacks engraved title page, plates, and pages 265-266. Includes 4 p. l., 278 p., 88, [56], [92] p. Has loose leaf inserted inside back cover with illustrations labelled Fig. 12, Fig. 13, and Fig. 14. Autographs on title page: Nathaniel Lummis [with strikethrough], David [Al?]len.
NYPL Map Div. 97-6592 is single sheet, engraved title page only, not necessarily from imperfect Map Div. 97-6213. On verso, autograph and manuscript notes in ink: John Harrison. This book bought on board the [?], Sept. 19, 1770. From the edition of 167...
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b14433127
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5a8a99c0-c604-012f-d151-58d385a7bc34
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