Un compendium de poche par Humphrey Cole, 1557 / Louis Janin.
Abstract:
The Author describes a book, actually composed of 13 leaves of gilded brass, on which tables, designs, quadrants, etc. are engraved, giving numerous instructions for practical use concerning astronomy, astrology, gnomonics, geography, etc. This "pocket compendium", dated 1557, is one of the significant works by Humphrey Cole, who was considered the best maker of scientific instruments of the Elisabethian epoch