Accession number
PML 252739
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Manuscript by unknown author from the 17th century.
"shewing how to finde the Golden Number, Domini call Letter & Epock. The Moveable & Imoveable Feasts. Of the Distribution of Time into years months days &c. & By a Table to Corect[sic] the Vulgar account for half years & c. To finde the Suns place, Declaration Rising Setting Lerath[?] of the Day Night & Twilight. The Change Full & Quarters of the Moon his shinig something Rising & setting. The Tydes, hour of the Night & to Judge of the Change of Weather. 1686."
Five separate title pages with illustrations: Collection in chronology & astronomy ...; A compendious arithmetick[sic] ...; Instrumentall[sic] arithmetik ...; A collection of usefull[sic] & necessary tables for the speedy reducing of English money ...; An epitomy of ye post roads & other remarks of the kingdome of England.
Colored maps are "A chart of the English seas," "A mapp of the county of Middlesex," and "A map of ye world."
"shewing how to finde the Golden Number, Domini call Letter & Epock. The Moveable & Imoveable Feasts. Of the Distribution of Time into years months days &c. & By a Table to Corect[sic] the Vulgar account for half years & c. To finde the Suns place, Declaration Rising Setting Lerath[?] of the Day Night & Twilight. The Change Full & Quarters of the Moon his shinig something Rising & setting. The Tydes, hour of the Night & to Judge of the Change of Weather. 1686."
Five separate title pages with illustrations: Collection in chronology & astronomy ...; A compendious arithmetick[sic] ...; Instrumentall[sic] arithmetik ...; A collection of usefull[sic] & necessary tables for the speedy reducing of English money ...; An epitomy of ye post roads & other remarks of the kingdome of England.
Colored maps are "A chart of the English seas," "A mapp of the county of Middlesex," and "A map of ye world."
Description
1 item (186 pages), bound : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 74 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed on pages 52, 102, 152, and 170: C.H.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Contemporary black morocco, two silver clasps (one missing).
Classification
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