The Maps and Text of the Boke of Idrography Presented by Jean Rotz to Henry VIII, now in the British Library [The Rotz Atlas (spine title)]
Published by Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, 1981
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Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.George Ong Books
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xvi, 96, [2] + 16 double-page color facsimile plates; large folio (24.5 x 16 in.), dark brown half morocco, tan cloth sides, t.e.g.; printed on thick paper. The plates are preceded by scholarly essays by Wallis, Janet Backhouse, and others providing history and background on Rotz and this atlas. Also included are a transcription and translation of the text. Jean Rotz (c. 1505-c. 1560), navigator of Dieppe and royal hydrographer, wrote and addressed this work to Henry VIII. In the text portion, Rotz provides what is essentially a manual of navigational instruction, including topics such as how to use the winds of the sea-compass and how to calculate latitude by observations of the sun. The atlas portion contains regional charts of the lands and sea coasts of the world, including America and the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and Far East, the coasts of Asia and Africa, the Black Sea and Mediterranean, South America to the Strait of Magellan, and a world map in two hemispheres. A fine and fresh copy of an impressive production. Barker 244.…
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- Title
- The Maps and Text of the Boke of Idrography Presented by Jean Rotz to Henry VIII, now in the British Library [The Rotz Atlas (spine title)]
- Author
- Helen Wallis (ed.); Viscount Eccles (fwd.)
- Publisher
- Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, Oxford
- Publication year
- 1981
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
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- Roxburghe Club
George Ong Books
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