Blagrave, John. The mathematical ievvel : shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a singuler instrument so called: in that it performeth with wonderfull dexteritie, whatsoeuer is to be done, either by quadrant, ship, circle, cylinder, ring, dyall, horoscope, astrolabe, sphere, globe, or any such like heretofore deuised: ... The vse of which iewel, is so aboundant and ample, that it leadeth any man practising thereon, the direct pathway ... through the whole artes of astronomy, cosmography, ... and briefely of whatsoeuer concerneth the globe or sphere: ... The most part newly founde out by the author, compiled and published ... by Iohn Blagraue of Reading gentleman and well willer to the mathematickes, who hath cut all the prints or pictures of the whole worke with his owne hands. 1585

Folger bibliographic ID: 171038
STC number: 3119
ESTC number: S373
Folger call number: STC 3119
Folger holdings ID: 165720

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folio

General notes

The "plates" are similar woodcuts with recto title "Margarita mathematica"; one verso title is "The mathematicall ievvell", the other "The reete" Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par.]² A-P⁴ Q² Includes index Stationers' register: Entered 30 September 1584 Curatorial file available Portions also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Lost at Sea

Item information about Folger STC 3119

HH28/9. Extra copy of plate, "Margarita mathematica" (with verso blank). Stained; slightly wormholed; some leaves mended. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Musgrave (with shelf mark); Harmsworth copy

Extended title: The mathematical ievvel : shewing the making, and most excellent vse of a singuler instrument so called: in that it performeth with wonderfull dexteritie, whatsoeuer is to be done, either by quadrant, ship, circle, cylinder, ring, dyall, horoscope, astrolabe, sphere, globe, or any such like heretofore deuised: ... The vse of which iewel, is so aboundant and ample, that it leadeth any man practising thereon, the direct pathway ... through the whole artes of astronomy, cosmography, ... and briefely of whatsoeuer concerneth the globe or sphere: ... The most part newly founde out by the author, compiled and published ... by Iohn Blagraue of Reading gentleman and well willer to the mathematickes, who hath cut all the prints or pictures of the whole worke with his owne hands. 1585
Alternate titles: Margarita mathematica, Mathematical jewel

Dialing Spherical astronomy Geography Longitude Mathematics

author: Blagrave, John, -1611
former owner: Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, (Robert Leicester), 1870-1937