Descrizione

320x290 mm. VI numbered celestial charts, including two folding. Original boards with publisher's label, rebacked with cloth (stained and rubbed). Some marginal tears, light browning, some staining.
A celestial chart book, designed to be of practical use to seamen and amateur astronomers, first published in 1825 and then reprinted several times (1841, 1844, 1846 and 1862).
John William Norie was a mathematician, hydrographer, chart maker and publisher of nautical books. He began his career working with William Heather, who ran the Naval Academy and Naval Warehouse in Leadenhall Street from 1795, which sold navigational instruments, charts, and books on navigation. Norie took over the Naval Warehouse after Heather's retirement and founded the company J.W. Norie and Company in 1813. After Norie's death the company became Norie and Wilson, then in 1903 Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson.
List of Charts:

& II. A Map of the Zodiacal Stars. Intended to assist Students in Astronomy in acquiring a Knowledge of the Principal Stars near the Ecliptic. Leadenhall Street By John Norie.
A Map of the Principal Stars from the North Pole to the Tropic of Cancer.
A Map of the Principal Stars from the North Pole to the Tropic of Cancer.
A Map of the Principal Stars from the South Pole to the Tropic of Capricorn.
A Map of the Principal Stars from the South Pole to the Tropic of Capricorn.

OCLC, 1113543730.