{"product_id":"a-treatise-on-the-astrolabe-volume-6-hardcover","title":"A Treatise on the Astrolabe, Volume 6 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoffrey Chaucer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSigmund Eisner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Treatise the Astrolabe\u003c\/em\u003e by Geoffrey Chaucer is the work of an avid amateur astronomer who happened also to be England's greatest medieval poet. A user of the astrolabe can plot the movement of the stars, tell time, and calculate numerous other results. Chaucer translated and revised a standard Latin treatment of the astrolabe. His treatise, which is generally regarded as one of the first technical manuals in English and a model of how technical manuals should be written.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot since 1872 has a free-standing edition of \u003cem\u003eA Treatise the Astrolabe\u003c\/em\u003e been published. Thanks to the expertise of its editor, Sigmund Eisner, who supplies sixty-eight illustrations, this Variorum edition provides a more detailed exposition than previously available. Eisner's extensive labors result in the first complete record of textual variants found in the thirty-two surviving manuscripts of the work and in all the major printed text published between 1532 and 1987. This landmark edition also presents a thorough digest of all published commentary on Chaucer's treatise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmplified by sixty-eight illustrations, this variorum edition of Chaucer's \u003cem\u003eA Treatise on the Astrolabe\u003c\/em\u003e provides a more detailed exposition of the treatise than has ever before been available.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.32 x 10.22 x 7.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757658276128,"sku":"9780806134130","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2c35ff560eed4bc63d308719ac9f2587.webp?v=1780107998","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-treatise-on-the-astrolabe-volume-6-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}