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GUNTER, Edmund (1581-1626). The Works, containing the description and use of the sector, cross-staff, and other instruments. Edited by Samuel Foster and Henry Bond. London: F.N. for Francis Eglesfield, 1653.
4° (186 x 129mm). Engraved frontispiece and one plate. Woodcut diagrams throughout. Small folding letterpress table between 2F2-3. (Frontispiece, dedication leaf and 2S1 cut short at lower margin and probably supplied, a few fore-margins cut short.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, new endpapers), modern brown morocco slipcase. Provenance: J. Lowe; Jer. Ainsworth (early signatures on frontispiece and title).
Third edition. Wing G-2239; together with 4 other books, including John Webster Metallographia, London: 1671, 4°, old calf, second issue [Wing W-1231A]; and Vincent Wing Astronomia Britannica, London: 1669, 2°, modern roan, first edition. Wing W-2986. (5)
4° (186 x 129mm). Engraved frontispiece and one plate. Woodcut diagrams throughout. Small folding letterpress table between 2F2-3. (Frontispiece, dedication leaf and 2S1 cut short at lower margin and probably supplied, a few fore-margins cut short.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, new endpapers), modern brown morocco slipcase. Provenance: J. Lowe; Jer. Ainsworth (early signatures on frontispiece and title).
Third edition. Wing G-2239; together with 4 other books, including John Webster Metallographia, London: 1671, 4°, old calf, second issue [Wing W-1231A]; and Vincent Wing Astronomia Britannica, London: 1669, 2°, modern roan, first edition. Wing W-2986. (5)
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