This Boke Sheweth The Maner Of Measurynge Of All Maner Of Lande As Well Of Woodlande As Of Lande In The

by Richard Benese

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First edition

1537. Title within architectural woodcut border & many woodcuts in the text many highlighted in red . Printed in black letter. 208 pp. Small 4to, modern calf title with a few minor stains . London: “Prynted in Southwarke in Saynt Thomas Hospitall, by me James Nicolson,” 1537 . First edition of the first English work on surveying in the modern sense: the measuring and plotting of land. In the 16th century, “surveying” could also mean

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