The Cross-staff - History and Development of a Navigational Instrument by Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J - 1994

Amsterdam: Vereeniging Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum, 1994. Softcover. Octavo, 127 pages. In Good plus condition. White spine with blue and black text. Covers have light creasing to covers near spine, slight bending to corners, and mild edge and shelf wear. Textblock has light scratching to fore and tail edges and light foxing to edges. Inscribed by author to Silvio Bedini on front endpaper. Shelved Room A. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in… Read More

Rijksmuseum Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum, 1994. Paperback. New. First Edition thus, as good as new. Cross-Staff by W.F.J. Morzer Bruyns. Published by Rijksmuseum Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum in 1994. Paperback ISBN:9789060119075. Collectible item in excellent condition.