FOURNIER, Georges (1595-1652). Hydrographie contenant la theorie et la pratique de toutes les parties de la navigation . Paris: Jean de Puis, 1667. 2 o (405 x 245 mm). Title printed in red-and-black. Woodcut illustrations and diagrams. (Lacking plate and table.) Contemporary calf-backed boards, uncut (some wear, a few repairs to spine). Second edition of this important text book on navigation. Fournier was professor of mathematics and prefect of the Jesuit college in Caen and first published this text in 1643. It was considerably revised for this edition. The most important parts of the work are the eighth, dealing with navigation in general, and the tenth, dealing with instruments of navigation (astrolabes, quadrants, nocturnals, etc.) The eleventh book is entirely devoted to the compass. The fourteenth and sixteenth parts deal with sea charts and are of importance for English navigation, as they were used by English mariners before the "English Pilot" called the "Hydrographer Royal" appeared in 1671. Nicolas de Nicolay's French translation of the report on James V of Scotland's navigation around his kingdom is reprinted at the end. De Backer Sommervogel III:909, no. 4. [ With: ] A collection of 6 French works on navigation, comprising: BERTHELOT, Le Sieur de. Traité de la navigation . Marseilles, 1711. 8 o. Modern purple-stained mottled calf. Second edition. -- BLONDEL S. AUBIN, G. Le veritable art de naviger par le quartier de reduction . Havre de Grace, 1721. 8 o. Contemporary vellum. Second edition. -- HENRION, D. L'Usage du compass de proportion . Rouen, 1680. 8 o. 1 folding plate. Contemporary calf. -- LE CORDIER, M. Instruction des pilotes . Havre de Grace, 1739. 2 parts in one, 8 o. Contemporary vellum. -- LE CORDIER. Traité des pratiques journalieres des pilotes . Havre de Grace, 1709. 8 o. Contemporary vellum. Second edition. -- PECKIUS, Peter. Ad rem nauticam . Leiden, 1647. Contemporary calf (rebacked). -- WAKELY, Andrew. The Mariner's Compass Rectified . London, 1781. 8 o. Contemporary calf. Later edition. (8)
FOURNIER, Georges (1595-1652). Hydrographie contenant la theorie et la pratique de toutes les parties de la navigation . Paris: Jean de Puis, 1667. 2 o (405 x 245 mm). Title printed in red-and-black. Woodcut illustrations and diagrams. (Lacking plate and table.) Contemporary calf-backed boards, uncut (some wear, a few repairs to spine). Second edition of this important text book on navigation. Fournier was professor of mathematics and prefect of the Jesuit college in Caen and first published this text in 1643. It was considerably revised for this edition. The most important parts of the work are the eighth, dealing with navigation in general, and the tenth, dealing with instruments of navigation (astrolabes, quadrants, nocturnals, etc.) The eleventh book is entirely devoted to the compass. The fourteenth and sixteenth parts deal with sea charts and are of importance for English navigation, as they were used by English mariners before the "English Pilot" called the "Hydrographer Royal" appeared in 1671. Nicolas de Nicolay's French translation of the report on James V of Scotland's navigation around his kingdom is reprinted at the end. De Backer Sommervogel III:909, no. 4. [ With: ] A collection of 6 French works on navigation, comprising: BERTHELOT, Le Sieur de. Traité de la navigation . Marseilles, 1711. 8 o. Modern purple-stained mottled calf. Second edition. -- BLONDEL S. AUBIN, G. Le veritable art de naviger par le quartier de reduction . Havre de Grace, 1721. 8 o. Contemporary vellum. Second edition. -- HENRION, D. L'Usage du compass de proportion . Rouen, 1680. 8 o. 1 folding plate. Contemporary calf. -- LE CORDIER, M. Instruction des pilotes . Havre de Grace, 1739. 2 parts in one, 8 o. Contemporary vellum. -- LE CORDIER. Traité des pratiques journalieres des pilotes . Havre de Grace, 1709. 8 o. Contemporary vellum. Second edition. -- PECKIUS, Peter. Ad rem nauticam . Leiden, 1647. Contemporary calf (rebacked). -- WAKELY, Andrew. The Mariner's Compass Rectified . London, 1781. 8 o. Contemporary calf. Later edition. (8)
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