Very Rare 1698 First Edition Of " A Short Account Of The Nature And Uses Of Maps "
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:33337 | Map View: World |
| Year: 1681 | Original/Reproduction: Antique Original |
A SHORT ACCOUNT, OF THE Nature and Use OF MAPS. AS ALSO Some short Discourses of the Properties of the Earth, and of the several Inhabitants thereof.
To which is Subjoin'd, A Catalogue of the Factories and places now in possession of the English, French, Dutch, Spaniards, Portegueze and Danes, both in the East and West-Indies.
LONDON, Printed, and are to be Sold by Mr. Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill; Mr. Lea at the Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside; Mr. Worgan Mathematical... Instrument maker under St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet street; and William Alingham, Mathematick-Teacher, in [...] nel-Row, Westminster, 1698.
Published by William Alingham in London in 1698
A slim book, an early treatise on how to use and draw up maps, which is very scarce. COPAC lists only one example of this edition, at the British Library.
Some very strange pagination but I think the text is complete with 56 pages. It includes an interesting section on which country owns what at the back.
Condition ReportIn later but old marbled covers with leather spine (a pencil note at the back suggests this is a Thompson binding). Covers a little bumped, with a little wear on the spine but all holding. Later endpapers (laid paper with some age), the original book text starting with the title page. Some very strange pagination towards the back but I think the text is complete. A pencil note at the front suggests the copy lacks a folding world map and a plate on page 32 which I believe relates to a later edition. 16 x 10cm.
To which is Subjoin'd, A Catalogue of the Factories and places now in possession of the English, French, Dutch, Spaniards, Portegueze and Danes, both in the East and West-Indies.
LONDON, Printed, and are to be Sold by Mr. Mount, at the Postern on Tower-Hill; Mr. Lea at the Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside; Mr. Worgan Mathematical... Instrument maker under St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet street; and William Alingham, Mathematick-Teacher, in [...] nel-Row, Westminster, 1698.
Published by William Alingham in London in 1698
A slim book, an early treatise on how to use and draw up maps, which is very scarce. COPAC lists only one example of this edition, at the British Library.
Some very strange pagination but I think the text is complete with 56 pages. It includes an interesting section on which country owns what at the back.
Condition ReportIn later but old marbled covers with leather spine (a pencil note at the back suggests this is a Thompson binding). Covers a little bumped, with a little wear on the spine but all holding. Later endpapers (laid paper with some age), the original book text starting with the title page. Some very strange pagination towards the back but I think the text is complete. A pencil note at the front suggests the copy lacks a folding world map and a plate on page 32 which I believe relates to a later edition. 16 x 10cm.
