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Title

  • The cosmographical glasse, conteinyng the pleasant principles of cosmographie, geographie, hydrographie, or nauigation

Names

  • Cuningham, William, 1531-
  • Day, John, 1522-1584, printer.

Created / Published

  • [London] : Excussum Londini in officina Ioan. Day typographi, anno 1559.

Headings

  • -  Cosmography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Astronomy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Geography--Early works to 1800
  • -  Navigation--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Title within woodcut border. Coat of arms of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to whom the work is dedicated, is on the verso of t.p.
  • -  Colophon (with printer's mark): Imprinted at London by John Day, dwellyng ouer Aldersgate, beneath Saint Martins, 1559.
  • -  Portrait of author on verso of A3.
  • -  Signatures: A-S⁶ T⁴(-T4).
  • -  STC (2nd ed.) 6119
  • -  LC copy imperfect: folded plan of Norwich wanting (as in most copies); prelim. pages trimmed with some loss of text.
  • -  Special Files Project; vb32 12-07-2007
  • -  LAC scc 2019-07-10 no edits (2 cards)

Medium

  • [6], 202, [8] p., 2 folded leaf of plates : ill. (woodcuts) ; 27 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GA6 .C97 1559
  • GA6 .C97 1559 Copy 2 Imperfect: t.p. and 3rd and 4th leaves wanting.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 05041254

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Cuningham, William, and John Day. The Cosmographical Glasse, Conteinyng the Pleasant Principles of Cosmographie, Geographie, Hydrographie, or Nauigation. [London: Excussum Londini in officina Ioan. Day typographi, anno, 1559] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/05041254/.

APA citation style:

Cuningham, W. & Day, J. (1559) The Cosmographical Glasse, Conteinyng the Pleasant Principles of Cosmographie, Geographie, Hydrographie, or Nauigation. [London: Excussum Londini in officina Ioan. Day typographi, anno] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/05041254/.

MLA citation style:

Cuningham, William, and John Day. The Cosmographical Glasse, Conteinyng the Pleasant Principles of Cosmographie, Geographie, Hydrographie, or Nauigation. [London: Excussum Londini in officina Ioan. Day typographi, anno, 1559] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/05041254/>.