Reference Books
The Crone Library. Books on the Art of
Navigation left by Dr. Ernst Crone to the Scheepvaart Museum in 1975 and Books
on the same subject acquired by the Museum previously.
Including a biography (by
H.G.Th. Crone), a short history of the art of navigation in the Netherlands (by
C. Koeman) and a list of the Crone collection of nautical instruments (by W.F.J.
Mörzer Bruyns).
A descriptive special Catalogue with annotations, indexes and an
introduction to the Catalogue. Nieuwkoop,
1989. 8vo. Cloth.
With portrait, 5 maps, and 54 facsimile
plates. LX, 805 pp. Bibliotheca Bibliographica Neerlandica
(Vol. XXVI, ISBN 90 6004 372 3).
More than 1220 entries elaborately
described; five different indexes.
"This catalogue is a
welcome addition to the bibliographical literature of maritime history, a
notably small body of material. One of its great services is to provide detailed
descriptions of some of the fundamental early navigational works" (Thomas R.
Adams in 'The Book Collector', Spring 1991).
"With full collations and notes it
is an essential reference work... The result is something near to a subject
bibliography" (Nicholas Poole-Wilson in 'The Library' 6th series, 14,
1992).
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