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On the art of navigation
STEENSTRA, Pybo & Jacob FLORYN.Grond-beginzels der stuurmans-kunst. Bevattende in zes boeken, met een aanhangzel, de voornaamste zaaken, die elk stuurman noodzaakelyk weeten moet...Alles op de gemakkelykste en verstaanbaarste wyze, ten dienste van eerst beginnende stuurlieden, opgesteld.     Derde druk. Geheel op nieuws overzien, verbeterd en van alle voorige misstellingen gezuiverd. Amsterdam, Gerard Hulst van Keulen, 1791. 8vo. Contemporary full marbled calf with richly gilt and decorated spine and gilt title on red title label. Engraved folding table (ca. 260 x 190 mm), woodcut tables, many woodcut mathematical figures in text, woodcut head- and endpieces and initials. XLIV, 428 pp. With: (FLORYN, Evert). Tafelen bevattende de sinussen, tangenten en secanten, van minuut tot minuut voor ieder boog van het quadrant, in hunne natuurlyke getallen, op een radius van 10.000.000, benevens derzelver logarithmen; als mede de logarithmen der gewoone getallen, in hunne natuurlyke orde van opvolging, van 1 tot 10.000. Nieuwe en zeer naauwkeurige stéréotypische (of vastgezette) uitgaave. Amsterdam, Gerard Hulst van Keulen, 1800. With woodcut tables. (233, 1 blank) pp. Ad 1: Rare third edition (first ed. 1766) of a guide for novices who want to learn the art of navigation. The work is divided in six books and an appendix in which a.o. the following subjects are treated: the use of globes & compasses, navigation maps and the calculation of tides. The work is illustrated with an folding engraved plate on which several mathematical figures are depicted, woodcut tables and many illustrations in text to facilitate the given information. This edition of the work is much enlarged and improved by Jacob Floryn, who was a mathematician. Ad 2: Mathematical work consisting of woodcut tables of the sinus, tangent, secant as well as the logarithms of countless numbers. This work is usually bound together with an edition of Grond-beginzels der stuurmans-kunst. Good copies.- (Ad 1: Tear in folding plate which is sl. soiled).
Ad 1: Bierens de Haan 4527; Cat. N.H.S.M. p. 676 (1st ed.); ad 2: Bierens de Haan 1414 (Ed. 1812); Cat. N.H.S.M. p. 686 (Ed. 1815).
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