Carpenter (Nathanael). Geography delineated forth in Two Bookes. Containing the Sphaericall and Topicall Parts thereof, 1st edition, Oxford: printed by John Lichfield and William Turner printers to the famous University, for Henry Cripps, 1625, with the initial blank [par.]1, blank interleaf *1 before the second book, errata leaf 2N*3, and the final blank 2N*4, 4 folding letterpress tables, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, browning, long closed tear to first table, fragments from a Latin incunable with 2 hand-painted initials used as endpapers, contemporary reversed calf, spine refurbished, 4to (18.6 x 13.6 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: 'Thomas Gore', calligraphic contemporary ownership inscription dated 1629 to initial blank; 'This Booke pertayne now to Frances Martin of Nantes', contemporary ownership inscription to the same, above a six-line inscription in French in a different contemporary hand; 'Francoys Martin de Nantes', contemporary ownership inscription to title-page. ESTC S107662; Sabin 10999; STC 4676. Especially uncommon complete with the four folding tables. Carpenter's primer for Oxford students contains a cautious discussion of 'a Spanish Chart taken by the Hollanders' showing California as an island; the recent North-West Passage expeditions undertaken by Henry Hudson (1610-11) and Thomas Button (1612-13) are cited as grounds for the author's scepticism. It also contains an early definition of geography as a discipline. 'Unable himself fully to accept the Copernican system, Carpenter presented his readers with a faithful account of it and encouraged them to weigh the evidence for themselves' (ODNB).
Carpenter (Nathanael). Geography delineated forth in Two Bookes. Containing the Sphaericall and Topicall Parts thereof, 1st edition, Oxford: printed by John Lichfield and William Turner printers to the famous University, for Henry Cripps, 1625, with the initial blank [par.]1, blank interleaf *1 before the second book, errata leaf 2N*3, and the final blank 2N*4, 4 folding letterpress tables, numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, browning, long closed tear to first table, fragments from a Latin incunable with 2 hand-painted initials used as endpapers, contemporary reversed calf, spine refurbished, 4to (18.6 x 13.6 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: 'Thomas Gore', calligraphic contemporary ownership inscription dated 1629 to initial blank; 'This Booke pertayne now to Frances Martin of Nantes', contemporary ownership inscription to the same, above a six-line inscription in French in a different contemporary hand; 'Francoys Martin de Nantes', contemporary ownership inscription to title-page. ESTC S107662; Sabin 10999; STC 4676. Especially uncommon complete with the four folding tables. Carpenter's primer for Oxford students contains a cautious discussion of 'a Spanish Chart taken by the Hollanders' showing California as an island; the recent North-West Passage expeditions undertaken by Henry Hudson (1610-11) and Thomas Button (1612-13) are cited as grounds for the author's scepticism. It also contains an early definition of geography as a discipline. 'Unable himself fully to accept the Copernican system, Carpenter presented his readers with a faithful account of it and encouraged them to weigh the evidence for themselves' (ODNB).
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