COLSON, Nathaniel (fl 1674). The Mariners New Kalendar. Containing the Principles of Arithmetick and Geometry Together with Exact Tables Also the Description and use of the Sea-Quadrant The Problems of Plain Sailing A Rutter for the Coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, &c. London: J. Darby for W. W Fisher, 1682.
COLSON, Nathaniel (fl 1674). The Mariners New Kalendar. Containing the Principles of Arithmetick and Geometry Together with Exact Tables Also the Description and use of the Sea-Quadrant The Problems of Plain Sailing A Rutter for the Coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, &c. London: J. Darby for W. W Fisher, 1682. 4 o (188 x 147 mm). Woodcut illustrations and diagrams. (Some minor staining, a small paper flaw to H2 affecting a few letters.) Contemporary calf (covers slightly bowning, light rubbing to joints). Provenance : Mr. Joseph Irving (ownership inscription "his book August 12 1753" on front free endpaper); Susanna Williamson (ownership inscription "Her Book" dated 1761 on front free endpaper); J.S. Marriott (signature, dated 1808 on title); Harrison D. Horblit (bookplate; his sale part I, Sotheby's London, 10 June 1974, lot 233). Fourth edition. Colson, a student of mathematics, provides in his Mariners new Kalender essential tables and instructions in navigation. "The work was in fact a nautical manuel, and Matthew Norwood complained that Colson had plagiarized his fathers works" (Taylor). (See lot 391.) VERY RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , only one other copy of the six editions published before the end of the century has sold in the past 25 years. Adams & Waters 441; Crone 314; Taylor Mathematical Practitioners 371.
COLSON, Nathaniel (fl 1674). The Mariners New Kalendar. Containing the Principles of Arithmetick and Geometry Together with Exact Tables Also the Description and use of the Sea-Quadrant The Problems of Plain Sailing A Rutter for the Coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, &c. London: J. Darby for W. W Fisher, 1682.
COLSON, Nathaniel (fl 1674). The Mariners New Kalendar. Containing the Principles of Arithmetick and Geometry Together with Exact Tables Also the Description and use of the Sea-Quadrant The Problems of Plain Sailing A Rutter for the Coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, &c. London: J. Darby for W. W Fisher, 1682. 4 o (188 x 147 mm). Woodcut illustrations and diagrams. (Some minor staining, a small paper flaw to H2 affecting a few letters.) Contemporary calf (covers slightly bowning, light rubbing to joints). Provenance : Mr. Joseph Irving (ownership inscription "his book August 12 1753" on front free endpaper); Susanna Williamson (ownership inscription "Her Book" dated 1761 on front free endpaper); J.S. Marriott (signature, dated 1808 on title); Harrison D. Horblit (bookplate; his sale part I, Sotheby's London, 10 June 1974, lot 233). Fourth edition. Colson, a student of mathematics, provides in his Mariners new Kalender essential tables and instructions in navigation. "The work was in fact a nautical manuel, and Matthew Norwood complained that Colson had plagiarized his fathers works" (Taylor). (See lot 391.) VERY RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , only one other copy of the six editions published before the end of the century has sold in the past 25 years. Adams & Waters 441; Crone 314; Taylor Mathematical Practitioners 371.
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