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The Quadrant and the Quill: A Book Written in Honour of Captain Samuel Sturmy, a Tried and Trusty Sea-Man and Author of The Mariner's Magazine, 1669.
Kenney, Cyril Ernest (C. E.); Weissenborn, Hellmuth (woodcuts).
Published by C. E. Kenney / Metchim and Son, London, 1944
- Softcover
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Add to basketHardback folio, no jacket as issued, good condition, black & white photos (some full-page, including frontispiece), papered board cover (light live grey cloth spine), endpapers & edges foxed, some edgewear cover corner tips (boards exposed), base spine chipped, autograph (author's written dedication). Heavy, and extra postage ma…y be requested to destinations outside Australia. 166 pp. A biographical tribute by C. E. Kenney of the life and work of the 17th-century British seaman and author Samuel Sturmy, who wrote a brilliant book on contemporary mariner's skills. Profusely illustrated with 97 facsimiles of title pages, portraits and instruments. The text consists of five 'books': The Seventeenth Century Background; Notes on the Life of Captain Samuel Sturmy; General Description of his Book, 'The Mariner's Magazine - 1669'; The Library of Captain Sturmy; and Conclusion. The five books are separated by title pages illustrated with woodcuts by Hellmuth Weissenborn. Sturmy died in 1669 in the year after he published this - his only - book, which, based on his contributions to 'The Mariner's Magazineâ, were of upmost importance to the accuracy of maritime navigation. (First Metchim and Son edition, 1944. Unstated limited edition, 660 copies.).