Book/Printed Material The cosmographical glasse, conteinyng the pleasant principles of cosmographie, geographie, hydrographie, or nauigation


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Title
The cosmographical glasse, conteinyng the pleasant principles of cosmographie, geographie, hydrographie, or nauigation
Contributor Names
Cuningham, William, 1531-
Day, John, 1522-1584, printer.
Created / Published
[London] : Excussum Londini in officina Ioan. Day typographi, anno 1559.
Subject 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
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/EnglishPrint.41254.1
Library of Congress Control Number
05041254
Online Format
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LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/05041254
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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/>.

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