Shelfmark
Gb.8.14
Author
Title
The mariners compass compleated: or, the complement of the art of navigation discover'd and propos'd. Being a dissertation concerning the magnetical variations of the mariners compass, and the variation of the same variation, (according to a new hypothesis and system.) As also directions for the use of an universal instrument, invented for ready knowing the variations of the mariners compass, at all times and places. By Z. W..
Publication, distribution, etc.
London: : printed for the author,, M DCC XL. [1740]
Physical description
xvi, 47, [1] p. ; 16 cm. (8vo.)
Note
Z. W. = Zachariah Williams.
Note
Reproduction of original from the British Library.
Note
Woodcut head- and tail-pieces; initials.
Citation/references note
English Short Title Catalog, T66549
Provenance
Book label of Nicholas Mann on rear endpaper, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
Contemporary English mottled calf; gold tooled flower roll border; gold tooled zigzag roll on board edges; gold tooled decoration on spine; red sprinkled edges; red, blue, yellow and green nonpareil marbled endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dk.5.28.
Subject
Compass Early works to 1800.
Subject
Navigation Handbooks, manuals, etc. Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Williams, Zachariah, 1673? - 1755 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London
Identifier
B48554