Lot 307
Love (John) Geodaesia: or, the Art of Surveying and Measuring of Land, first edition, Printed for John Taylor, 1688.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Love (John) Geodaesia: or, the Art of Surveying and Measuring of Land, first edition, title in red and black, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, upper edge slightly stained and soft throughout with marginal repairs to first 2 leaves and slight fraying and loss to tables on last 2 leaves, some foxing, slight ink staining to title, contemporary calf, spine repaired and with new label, [Wing L3191], 4to, Printed for John Taylor, 1688.
⁂ Preface includes the following refernce to American surveyors: "I have seen Young men, in America, often nonplus'd so, that their Boioks would not help them forward, particularly in Carolina, about Laying out Lands..."
Description
Love (John) Geodaesia: or, the Art of Surveying and Measuring of Land, first edition, title in red and black, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, upper edge slightly stained and soft throughout with marginal repairs to first 2 leaves and slight fraying and loss to tables on last 2 leaves, some foxing, slight ink staining to title, contemporary calf, spine repaired and with new label, [Wing L3191], 4to, Printed for John Taylor, 1688.
⁂ Preface includes the following refernce to American surveyors: "I have seen Young men, in America, often nonplus'd so, that their Boioks would not help them forward, particularly in Carolina, about Laying out Lands..."
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