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Moore's Navigation Improved; Being the Theory and Practice of Finding the Latitude, the Longitude, and the Variation of the Compass, by the Fixed Stars and Planets. To Which is Prefixed, the Description and Use of the New Celestial Planisphere
by Thomas Kerigan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
NZ$896.41NZ$806.77
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About This Item
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1835. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6". None. The scarce second edition of this important improvement upon the navigational charts of Moore, by Thomas Kerigan. The second edition of this scarce work.An improvement on the tables of John Henry Moore, innovative tables for converting lunar observations. In this work, Thomas Kerigan improves upon the tables, working off Moore's and updating them over sixty years after Moore's original tables were published in 1772.An important mathematical work on nautical navigation.Illustrated with some in-text illustrations throughout.Written by Thomas Kerigan.Bound without the folding chart. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with a little rubbing to the paper to the boards, with a very small amount of loss of paper to the rear board. Some light marks to the boards and spine. Very minor bumping to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper. Bound without the rear endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very light age toned in places and clean, with only a few light spots. Bound without the folding chart. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 818P21
- Title
- Moore's Navigation Improved; Being the Theory and Practice of Finding the Latitude, the Longitude, and the Variation of the Compass, by the Fixed Stars and Planets. To Which is Prefixed, the Description and Use of the New Celestial Planisphere
- Author
- Thomas Kerigan
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Baldwin and Cradock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Size
- 9.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- Moore's Navigation Improved navigation moore nautical navigation
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Recto
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- Spine
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- Rubbing
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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