Astronomy & Navigation.- Metius (Adriaan) De genuino usu utriusque globi tractatus [& Mensura Geographica et usus globi terrestris, artisque Navigandi Institutio], 2 parts in 1 vol., first Latin editions, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, marginal ownership inscriptions removed and repaired on first title, some spotting or staining (including water-staining to lower inner corners), mostly lightly browned, contemporary Dutch morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, each with central rosette, covers with floral centre- and corner-pieces and blind-ruled and floral borders, spine repaired and with later ink author name, rubbed and marked, gilt gauffered edges, [Houzeau & Lancaster 2820], 4to, Franeker, Uldricus Balck, 1624.

⁂ On the use of celestial globes in navigation. Metius was professor of astronomy and mathematics at Franeker from 1600 until his death in 1635. 'Like his townsman Blaeu, Adriaen worked under Tycho Brahe at his observatory on the island of Hven' (DSB IX, p.336). One of his lectures in 1629 was attended by Descartes.