The Surveyors Dialogue. Divided into five Bookes: Very profitable for all men to peruse, that have to do with the revenues of land

1607 SURVEYING 1ed Norden Surveyors Dialogue English Lords vs Tenants Farm Land

First edition of the first 17th-century work on English surveying!

John Norden was a 16th-century English cartographer and surveyor who, in 1600, was appointed to survey land in Devon for the Duchy of Cornwall. While mapmaking brought him fame, it was his work as surveyor of numerous royal castles that has brought him lasting recognition. His treatise on surveying is one of the earliest of its kind, and the very first English treatise on surveying of the 17th-century.

Honeyman's account of this work is perhaps the most telling.

"The first English surveying publication of the 17th-century and the second surveying text to be written in dialogue form. Norden gives a clear account of the operation of survey and attempts to reconcile the differences between surveyor and tenant."

According to Kiely,

"That the profession of surveyor was not in high repute among the common people may be seen from the opening statement of the farmer in Norden's dialogue. I have heard much evil of the profession, and to tell you my conceit plainly I think the same both evill and unprofitable… and often time you are the cause that men lose their and sometimes they are abridged of such liberties as they have long used in manners."

Item number: #24822

Price: $3950

NORDEN, Gervase

The Surveyors Dialogue. Divided into five Bookes: Very profitable for all men to peruse, that have to do with the revenues of land

London: Printed for Hugh Astley, 1607. First edition.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages

o [14], 244

o Includes several woodcut diagrams and tables

· References: STC 18639; Honeyman 2346; Kiely, Surveying Instruments p.106;

· Language: English (much in Black Letter)

· Binding: Leather; tight and secure

· Size: ~7.25in X 5.75in (18.5cm x 14.5cm)

· Exceedingly rare, valuable, and desirable with auction records and price comparisons as high as $8,500

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