Cesareo, Agostino (fl. circa 1568) L'Arte della Navigatione con il Regimento della Tramontana, e del sole; e la Regola del flusso, e reflusso delle Acque. [Italy,16th century]. Quarto, manuscript on paper, written by one scribe in a careful humanistic script, 53 leaves, penwork grottesche on page one, four working volvelles, six text illustrations and other tables, ownership inscription dated 1604 on integral blank preceding the text, bound in later parchment, resembling a period binding, in good condition, text leaves clean throughout. This manuscript of Cesareo's work on navigation bears a strong resemblance to a different copy at the Beinecke Library. The text is divided into three parts, the first dealing with cosmography and navigation in general, the second treats the subject of navigation by the north star and the sun, part three is occupied with the action of the tides, and begins with a lovely sketch of the man in the moon, controller of tides. An especially evocative volvelle includes a sketch of a tiny ocean-going ship that circles the globe from pole to pole.
Cesareo, Agostino (fl. circa 1568) L'Arte della Navigatione con il Regimento della Tramontana, e del sole; e la Regola del flusso, e reflusso delle Acque. [Italy,16th century]. Quarto, manuscript on paper, written by one scribe in a careful humanistic script, 53 leaves, penwork grottesche on page one, four working volvelles, six text illustrations and other tables, ownership inscription dated 1604 on integral blank preceding the text, bound in later parchment, resembling a period binding, in good condition, text leaves clean throughout. This manuscript of Cesareo's work on navigation bears a strong resemblance to a different copy at the Beinecke Library. The text is divided into three parts, the first dealing with cosmography and navigation in general, the second treats the subject of navigation by the north star and the sun, part three is occupied with the action of the tides, and begins with a lovely sketch of the man in the moon, controller of tides. An especially evocative volvelle includes a sketch of a tiny ocean-going ship that circles the globe from pole to pole.
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