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Hood, Thomas. 1556-1620.
The Use of the Celestial Globe in plano, set foorth in two hemispheres: wherein are placed all the most notable Starres of heaven. London: [by John Windet] for Thobie Cooke, 1590.

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Hood, Thomas. 1556-1620.

The Use of the Celestial Globe in plano, set foorth in two hemispheres: wherein are placed all the most notable Starres of heaven. London: [by John Windet] for Thobie Cooke, 1590.
4to (185 x 133 mm). Letterpress title incorporating woodcut printers device, without the two folding star charts (often lacking). Title slightly soiled and lower margin carefully restored not affecting letters, Very light occasional spotting to early leaves. Red levant morocco, gilt, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, covers with two line gilt ruled border, spine gilt in 6 compartments, gilt inner dentelles, g.e.

A finely bound copy of one of Hood's rarest works, with just 4 examples appearing at auction in the last 80 years, and all of these copies were without the two folding celestial plates. Thomas Hood was an English mathematician and physician and the first lecturer in mathematics to be appointed in England in 1588. In later life he lived in London and practiced as a physician, selling copies of his celestial charts to add to his living. From 1597 he is known to have made a number of astrological instruments. STC 13697.

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