M. Blundevile his exercises : containing sixe treatises, the titles wherof are set down in the next printed page: which treatises are verie necessarie to be read and learned of all yoong gentlemen that haue not bene exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the arte of navigation, in which arte it is impossible to profite without the helpe of these, or such like instructions. To the furtherance of which arte of navigation, the said M. Blundevile speciallie wrote the said treatises and of meere good will doth dedicate the same to all the young gentlemen of this realme.

M. Blundevile his exercises : containing sixe treatises, the titles wherof are set down in the next printed page: which treatises are verie necessarie to be read and learned of all yoong gentlemen that haue not bene exercised in such disciplines, and yet are desirous to haue knowledge as well in cosmographie, astronomie, and geographie, as also in the arte of navigation, in which arte it is impossible to profite without the helpe of these, or such like instructions. To the furtherance of which arte of navigation, the said M. Blundevile speciallie wrote the said treatises and of meere good will doth dedicate the same to all the young gentlemen of this realme.

London : Printed by Iohn Windet, dwelling at the signe of the crosse Keies, neere Paules wharffe, and are there to be solde, 1594.

[8], 350 leaves, 3 folded plates : ill. ; (4to)

The first leaf is blank except for large signature-mark "A".

With volvelles on leaves 149 [i.e. 151]r, 338v, 350r.

"A briefe description of the tables of the three speciall right lines belonging to a circle, called sines, lines tangent, and lines secant" and "A plaine treatise of the first principles of cosmographie" each have separate dated title page; "A plaine description of Mercator his two globes", "A plaine and full description of Petrus Plancius his vniversall map", "A very brief and most plaine description of Maister Blagraue his astrolabe", and "A nevv and necessarie treatise of nauigation" each have separate title page; foliation and register are continuous.

The sexagenarie table has first line of heading ending "in". Variant 1: first line ends "Diuision,". Variant 2: with cancel errata pasted over the original.

Signatures: A-2X⁸ 2Y⁶.

Stationers' register: Entered 26 July 1593.

Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 3146
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S102547

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 3146

208911. Vellum binding. Lacking A1 and sig.2Y; volvelle lacking on sig. V1r. Manuscript calculations. Provenance: bookplate of Boies Penrose