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Author: Eyre, John
Title: [The exact surveyor: or, The whole art of surveying of land. Shewing how to plot all manner of grounds... and how exactly to prove the truth thereof. And also how to finde the area, or content of any land; to protract, reduce, and divide the same, as required to take the plot of a whole mannor, and to make a perfect map or chart thereof...]
Place Published: [London]
Publisher:[Printed for N. Brook]
Date Published: [1654]
Description:
Author: Eyre, John
Title: [The exact surveyor: or, The whole art of surveying of land. Shewing how to plot all manner of grounds... and how exactly to prove the truth thereof. And also how to finde the area, or content of any land; to protract, reduce, and divide the same, as required to take the plot of a whole mannor, and to make a perfect map or chart thereof...]
Place Published: [London]
Publisher:[Printed for N. Brook]
Date Published: [1654]
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[6 (of 8, incl. frontispiece)], 224, [8] pp. A4 (-A2), B-P8, Q4. Wood-engraved diagrams, etc. (8vo) 15.7x9.5 cm (6¼x3¾"), early calf, morocco spine label. First Edition.
Rare, early manual of surveying, describing procedures for the measurement of land, using the instruments of plane table, theodolite, and circumferentor. OCLC/WorldCat lists only ten copies in institutional libraries. Wing E3941. Ownership signatures to verso of front free endpaper, of Thomas Harris and James Harris.
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Rubbing to covers, spine label chipped; lacking the title-page; internally very good.
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