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Author Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626.
Title The description and vse of the sector : for such as are studious of mathematicall practise.
Alternative Title Description and use of the sector
Description and use of the sector.
First booke of the crosse-staffe.
Description and vse of the crosse-staffe.
Description and use of the crosse-staffe.
Publication Info London : Printed by William Iones, 1623.



Descript [4], 143, [1]; 216 p. : ill.
Note One of several states of the first edition. In this state there is no signed quire A, and the title page is conjugate with the engraved frontispiece. Variant 1 (CSmH copy only): the title page is conjugate with a special dedication to the Earl of Bridgewater; the frontispiece is pasted to the dedication verso.
"The first booke of the crosse-staffe" (caption title; includes books 2 and 3) has separate pagination and register. Variant 2a: with an added title page to this section, "The description and vse of the crosse-staffe. .. London, printed by William Iones. and are to be sold by Iohn Tap at Saint Magnus corner. 1623.". Variant 2b: the added title page has E. Weaver's name for John Tap's. Several copies lack book 3 of this section.
Some copies may have an added engraved title page, not included in pagination above.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
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Author Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Mathematical instruments -- Early works to 1800.
Alternative Title Description and use of the sector
Description and use of the sector.
First booke of the crosse-staffe.
Description and vse of the crosse-staffe.
Description and use of the crosse-staffe.
Descript [4], 143, [1]; 216 p. : ill.
Note One of several states of the first edition. In this state there is no signed quire A, and the title page is conjugate with the engraved frontispiece. Variant 1 (CSmH copy only): the title page is conjugate with a special dedication to the Earl of Bridgewater; the frontispiece is pasted to the dedication verso.
"The first booke of the crosse-staffe" (caption title; includes books 2 and 3) has separate pagination and register. Variant 2a: with an added title page to this section, "The description and vse of the crosse-staffe. .. London, printed by William Iones. and are to be sold by Iohn Tap at Saint Magnus corner. 1623.". Variant 2b: the added title page has E. Weaver's name for John Tap's. Several copies lack book 3 of this section.
Some copies may have an added engraved title page, not included in pagination above.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Author Gunter, Edmund, 1581-1626.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Mathematical instruments -- Early works to 1800.
Alternative Title Description and use of the sector
Description and use of the sector.
First booke of the crosse-staffe.
Description and vse of the crosse-staffe.
Description and use of the crosse-staffe.

Subject Mathematical instruments -- Early works to 1800.
Descript [4], 143, [1]; 216 p. : ill.
Note One of several states of the first edition. In this state there is no signed quire A, and the title page is conjugate with the engraved frontispiece. Variant 1 (CSmH copy only): the title page is conjugate with a special dedication to the Earl of Bridgewater; the frontispiece is pasted to the dedication verso.
"The first booke of the crosse-staffe" (caption title; includes books 2 and 3) has separate pagination and register. Variant 2a: with an added title page to this section, "The description and vse of the crosse-staffe. .. London, printed by William Iones. and are to be sold by Iohn Tap at Saint Magnus corner. 1623.". Variant 2b: the added title page has E. Weaver's name for John Tap's. Several copies lack book 3 of this section.
Some copies may have an added engraved title page, not included in pagination above.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

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