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GRAAF, Abraham de

De seven boecken van de groote zeevaert, zijnde een volkomen klare, en konstige beschrijvinghe der navigatie (first title-page). De seven boecken van de groote zeevaert, waer in beschreven is 'tgheen een stuerman noodigh behoorde te weten (second title-pa
Amsterdam
Pieter Goos
1658
€2.800 - €3.600

7 parts in 1 vol. in-folio, With fine half-page engraving on half-title, woodcut vignette on title-page, 6 folding engraved tables (2 with tear) and several woodcut diagrams in the text. Contemporary vellum (back cover sl. damaged)

First edition. - 'The tables are the first logarithmical tables in a Dutch navigation book. The tables are probably computed and enlarged by Adriaen Vlacq and based on those of John Napier and Henry Briggs' (Crone 210). 'A very important Dutch work on the scientific side of the navigation' (Bibl. Nautica 2048). Ref. Cat. NHSM II, p.666

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