Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
A geometrical Practise, named Pantometria, diuided into three bookes, longimetra, planimetra, and stereometria, containing rules manifolde for mensuration of all lines, superficies and solides: with sundry straunge conclusions both by instrument and without, and also by perspectiue glasses, to set forth the true description or exact plat of an whole region: framed by Leonard Digges gentleman, lately finished by Thomas Digges his sonne. Who hathe also thereunto adioyned a mathematicall treatise of the fiue regulare Platonicall bodies, and their Metamorphosis or transformation into fiue other equilater vniforme solides Geometricall, of his owne inuention, hitherto not mentioned of by any geometricians.
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Item
Repository
Reference code
GB 2014 WS-01-BUS-PRS/1/12c
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1571 (Publication)
- Publisher
- Bynneman, Henry, -1583
Physical description area
Physical description
4to, 1 tract
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Custodial history
Onwnership inscription Johannes Whincess ? 1630.
Scope and content
Illustration on title page is coloured.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
Finding aids
Associated materials
Accruals
Alternative identifier(s)
Busby Library Number
ID23
ESTC Number
S111670
Standard number
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
WS-BUS-PRS/1/12c
Institution identifier
GB 2014
Rules or conventions
Status
Final
Level of detail
Partial
Language of description
- English
Script of description
- Latin