Sales catalogue 503: Maggs Bros

Date:
1928
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/61
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 503: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘by GUNTER (Edm.). THe Description anp Use oF His Maresties Diats in White-Hall Garden. London, 1624. Leysourn (William). Tue Arr or Diatiine, by a New, Easie, and most Speedy Way. Shewing how to describe the Hour lines upon all sorts of Plains; Howsoever, or in what Latitude soever, situated. Also to find the Hour of the Day, and the Azimuth of the Sun, whereby the Sight of any Plain is Examined. Per- formed by a Quadrant filled with Lines necessary to that pur- pose. The Second Edition, with several Additions and Variations of the Authors, deduced from his own Manuscript. With a Supplement, Performing all the Instrumental Work of the Quadrant, by Calculation. By help of the Canons of Sines and Tangents, which of all ways is the most Exact. London, 1675. The Two Works in one volume. Small 4to. Half morocco. y ecaees: Projective, Reflective, Refractive. Shewing how to make all such Dials, and to adorn them with all useful furniture, relat- ing to the Course of the Sun. Performed Arithmetically, Geometrically, Instrumentally, and Mechanically. With engraved portrait of Leybourn by R. White, and numerous folding plates. First Eprrion. Folio. Original calf. London, Printed for Awnsham Churchill, 1682. £3.38