Shelfmark
Gb.8.18
Author
Title
A pocket book. : Containing severall choice collections in arethmetick. Astronomy. Geometry. Surveying. Dialling. Navigation. Astrology. Geography. Measuring. Gaugeing..
Publication, distribution, etc.
[London] : Printed for Jer: Seller and Cha: Price at ye Hermitage in Wapping & Phil: Lea at ye Atlas & Hercules in Cheap-side London, [1700?]
Physical description
81, [3] p., [100] leaves of plates : ill., maps, tables ; 16 cm. (8vo.)
Note
Anonymous. By John Seller.
Note
Number of plates may vary. The number above reflects the copy held at the British Library.
Note
Signatures: A-K⁴ L².
Note
The title page is engraved and counted as a plate in pagination and signatures.
Note
Place and date of publication from Wing.
Note
With [3] p. of advertisements (L1v-L2v): "Books printed for, and sold by Jer. Seller, and Cha. Price, at the Hermitage in Wapping.".
Note
An unknown number of the plates may also have been used in Seller's "Atlas cœlestis".
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), S2480D
Citation/references note
ESTC, R16068
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington inside back cover, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Contemporary dark brown sprinkled calf; blind tooled double fillet border; gold tooled sprig roll on board edges; rebacked in late 20th or early 21st century in brown sprinkled calf; blind tooled double fillet on spine; red morocco spine label with gold tooled double fillet and title; four raised bands; red and green sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Price inscribed on front flyleaf: Cost. 4s-6d.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dk.6.19.
Subject
Almanacs, English Early works to 1800.
Subject
Astronomy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Mathematics Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Seller, Jeremiah publisher.
Added entry--name
Price, Charles, active 1700 - 1707 publisher.
Added entry--name
Lea, Philip, fl. 1718 - fl. 1718 publisher.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B48558