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English Works on Globes. [Holland, Richard.] Globe Notes per R.H. [Oxford]: 1666.
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English Works on Globes.
[Holland, Richard.] Globe Notes per R.H. [Oxford]: 1666.
Small 8vo (140 x 85 mm). 32 pp. a-B8, with the 11 line letterpress addenda slip inserted between pp 14/15, contemporary notes on constellations on verso of front free endpaper. Contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked.
Provenance: Dupplin Castle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (with library shelf number on front paste-down).
Holland's rare work on globes, Rare Book Hub recording just one copy of the 1666 edition at auction since 1900 (Sothebys New York, 2003), and 4 copies of the later 1684 and 1701 editions in the same period.
Together with 10 other works by English authors on globes and globe construction including:
Moxon, J. A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography ... Globes Celestial and Terrestrial. London: 1686. 4to. Contemporary calf. 4th edition.
Martin, B. The description and Use of both the globes, the armillary Sphere and Orrery. London: [1773]. 2nd edition. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked. Horblit Copy.
[Mead, Braddock]. The Construction of Maps and Globes. London: 1717. 8vo. Engraved plates, contemporary paneled calf, rebacked. Horblit Copy; and another copy of the same in modern binding;
And 6 other works on Globes by Harris, Adams, Jennings, and Wright, most later editions in modern bindings. (11)
Small 8vo (140 x 85 mm). 32 pp. a-B8, with the 11 line letterpress addenda slip inserted between pp 14/15, contemporary notes on constellations on verso of front free endpaper. Contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked.
Provenance: Dupplin Castle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (with library shelf number on front paste-down).
Holland's rare work on globes, Rare Book Hub recording just one copy of the 1666 edition at auction since 1900 (Sothebys New York, 2003), and 4 copies of the later 1684 and 1701 editions in the same period.
Together with 10 other works by English authors on globes and globe construction including:
Moxon, J. A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography ... Globes Celestial and Terrestrial. London: 1686. 4to. Contemporary calf. 4th edition.
Martin, B. The description and Use of both the globes, the armillary Sphere and Orrery. London: [1773]. 2nd edition. 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked. Horblit Copy.
[Mead, Braddock]. The Construction of Maps and Globes. London: 1717. 8vo. Engraved plates, contemporary paneled calf, rebacked. Horblit Copy; and another copy of the same in modern binding;
And 6 other works on Globes by Harris, Adams, Jennings, and Wright, most later editions in modern bindings. (11)



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