NORMAN, Robert, translator and editor (fl. 1560-96). The Safegarde of Saylers, or great Rutter. Contayning the Courses, Distances, Deapths, Soundings, Flouds and Ebbes, with the markes for the entring of sundry Harboroughs both of England, France, Spaine, Ireland, Flaunders, and the Sounds of Denmarke, with other necessary Rules, of common Navigation. London: Edward Allde, 1590.
NORMAN, Robert, translator and editor (fl. 1560-96). The Safegarde of Saylers, or great Rutter. Contayning the Courses, Distances, Deapths, Soundings, Flouds and Ebbes, with the markes for the entring of sundry Harboroughs both of England, France, Spaine, Ireland, Flaunders, and the Sounds of Denmarke, with other necessary Rules, of common Navigation. London: Edward Allde, 1590. Small 4 o (173 x 130 mm). Collation : A-X 4 Y 2. Title within typographic border with a large woodcut of a galleon, Lord Howard of Effingham's woodcut device on verso, small woodcuts of coastal outlines in text, woodcut diagrams at end. (Some headlines shaved). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt edges (rebacked). Provenance : Harrison D. Horblit (bookplate; his sale part I, Sotheby's London, 10 June 1974, lot 41). THIS POPULAR RUTTER OF NORTH AND WEST EUROPEAN COASTS WAS REPRINTED UNTIL 1656, AND ALL EARLY EDITIONS ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE Third edition of the first English rutter to be illustrated with woodcuts of the coastline. By the time of the publication of The Safegarde in 1584, Copland's Rutter of the Sea had been in print for over half a century, and was outdated. "With the rise of Antwerp to commercial supremacy in the first half of the sixteenth century, Dutch rutters, mostly compiled by mariners from the northern coast of the Low Countries, had come to the fore. By now Dutch rutters were the best... In 1584 therefore Norman published a translation of two Dutch rutters of northern waters" (Waters). It is mainly a translation from a Leeskaart dit is die Caert vander see om oost ende weste te seylen, Amsterdam, 1566, which in turn was based on a number of earlier Dutch works. It is sometimes attributed to Cornelis Anthonisz (1499-1557) who did the woodcut coastal views. Norman follows the example of Pierre Garcie and Cornelis Anthonisz, and used simple woodcuts to illustrate coastal views, to "Safegarde Saylers" navigating the coast of England, France, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Denmark. This popular rutter of North and West European coasts was reprinted until 1656, and all editions, especially early editions, are OF THE GREATEST RARITY. Adams & Waters 3062; STC 21547 (3 copies, including the Horblit copy); Taylor Mathematical Practitioners 62 (the 1584 edition); D.W. Waters Art of Navigation pp.167-68.
NORMAN, Robert, translator and editor (fl. 1560-96). The Safegarde of Saylers, or great Rutter. Contayning the Courses, Distances, Deapths, Soundings, Flouds and Ebbes, with the markes for the entring of sundry Harboroughs both of England, France, Spaine, Ireland, Flaunders, and the Sounds of Denmarke, with other necessary Rules, of common Navigation. London: Edward Allde, 1590.
NORMAN, Robert, translator and editor (fl. 1560-96). The Safegarde of Saylers, or great Rutter. Contayning the Courses, Distances, Deapths, Soundings, Flouds and Ebbes, with the markes for the entring of sundry Harboroughs both of England, France, Spaine, Ireland, Flaunders, and the Sounds of Denmarke, with other necessary Rules, of common Navigation. London: Edward Allde, 1590. Small 4 o (173 x 130 mm). Collation : A-X 4 Y 2. Title within typographic border with a large woodcut of a galleon, Lord Howard of Effingham's woodcut device on verso, small woodcuts of coastal outlines in text, woodcut diagrams at end. (Some headlines shaved). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt edges (rebacked). Provenance : Harrison D. Horblit (bookplate; his sale part I, Sotheby's London, 10 June 1974, lot 41). THIS POPULAR RUTTER OF NORTH AND WEST EUROPEAN COASTS WAS REPRINTED UNTIL 1656, AND ALL EARLY EDITIONS ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE Third edition of the first English rutter to be illustrated with woodcuts of the coastline. By the time of the publication of The Safegarde in 1584, Copland's Rutter of the Sea had been in print for over half a century, and was outdated. "With the rise of Antwerp to commercial supremacy in the first half of the sixteenth century, Dutch rutters, mostly compiled by mariners from the northern coast of the Low Countries, had come to the fore. By now Dutch rutters were the best... In 1584 therefore Norman published a translation of two Dutch rutters of northern waters" (Waters). It is mainly a translation from a Leeskaart dit is die Caert vander see om oost ende weste te seylen, Amsterdam, 1566, which in turn was based on a number of earlier Dutch works. It is sometimes attributed to Cornelis Anthonisz (1499-1557) who did the woodcut coastal views. Norman follows the example of Pierre Garcie and Cornelis Anthonisz, and used simple woodcuts to illustrate coastal views, to "Safegarde Saylers" navigating the coast of England, France, Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands and Denmark. This popular rutter of North and West European coasts was reprinted until 1656, and all editions, especially early editions, are OF THE GREATEST RARITY. Adams & Waters 3062; STC 21547 (3 copies, including the Horblit copy); Taylor Mathematical Practitioners 62 (the 1584 edition); D.W. Waters Art of Navigation pp.167-68.
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