José de MENDOZA Y RIOS
Colecion de tablas para varios usos de la navegacion
[Collection of Tables for Various Uses of Navigation]
Imprimerie Royale|Madrid 1800|21.5 x 31.5 cm|Relié
First and only Castilian edition of these navigation tables, which were nonetheless translated into English as early as 1801.
No copy recorded in the CCF.
Contemporary half vellum with corners, smooth spine tooled in blind with Greek key rolls, rubbed cherry shagreen label with losses, marbled paper boards with scratches and losses, sprinkled edges, period binding.
José de Mendoza y Ríos (1761-1816) was a mathematician and astronomer; he specialised in the field of nautical astronomy.
€800