Lot 160
Surveying.- Leigh (Valentine) The Moste Profitable and commendable science, of Surveying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes..., by John Windet, for Robert Dexter, 1592.
Hammer Price: £2,200
Description
Surveying.- Leigh (Valentine) The Moste Profitable and commendable science, of Surveying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes...Newly Imprinted and corrected, largely printed in black letter, small woodcut device on title, woodcut diagrams and initials, with blank A1, with 2 folding tables (each on 2 conjoined sheets), stab-holes to inner margin, old ink number "X num 52" to front free endpaper and "G G. num: 50" on verso, light water-staining to a few leaves, both tables torn and repaired (the second minor), old half calf, rubbed, [STC 15419; cf.Fussell I, p.7, 1577 edition], small 4to, by John Windet, for Robert Dexter, 1592.
⁂ Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1925.
Description
Surveying.- Leigh (Valentine) The Moste Profitable and commendable science, of Surveying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes...Newly Imprinted and corrected, largely printed in black letter, small woodcut device on title, woodcut diagrams and initials, with blank A1, with 2 folding tables (each on 2 conjoined sheets), stab-holes to inner margin, old ink number "X num 52" to front free endpaper and "G G. num: 50" on verso, light water-staining to a few leaves, both tables torn and repaired (the second minor), old half calf, rubbed, [STC 15419; cf.Fussell I, p.7, 1577 edition], small 4to, by John Windet, for Robert Dexter, 1592.
⁂ Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1925.
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