Gerard L'E Turner is Senior Research Associate at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. He is one of the UK's foremost authorities on scientific instruments, and has been the recipient of a number of awards and prizes.

• FOREWORD BY DIRECTOR OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM PREFACE; PART I: THE TRADE: THE LONDON TRADE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY; THE CRAFTSMEN; THE MAP AND BOOK ENGRAVERS; THE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCED; SIR ROBERT DUDLEY,AN EXCEPTIONAL PATRON PART II: THE CATALOGUE; APPENDIX: THE ATTRIBUTION OF UNSIGNED INSTRUMENTS ( WITH M. ST.J.TURNER); BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

This skilfully conceived and splendidly realized volume pieces together, in true detective fashion, the evidence for the birth of a flourishing scientific instrument trade in london in the period 1540-1620 ... It is a fine model for the presentation of instruments within a broader cultural context.

Gerard L'E Turner is Senior Research Associate at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. He is one of the UK's foremost authorities on scientific instruments, and has been the recipient of a number of awards and prizes.

• FOREWORD BY DIRECTOR OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM PREFACE; PART I: THE TRADE: THE LONDON TRADE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY; THE CRAFTSMEN; THE MAP AND BOOK ENGRAVERS; THE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCED; SIR ROBERT DUDLEY,AN EXCEPTIONAL PATRON PART II: THE CATALOGUE; APPENDIX: THE ATTRIBUTION OF UNSIGNED INSTRUMENTS ( WITH M. ST.J.TURNER); BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

This skilfully conceived and splendidly realized volume pieces together, in true detective fashion, the evidence for the birth of a flourishing scientific instrument trade in london in the period 1540-1620 ... It is a fine model for the presentation of instruments within a broader cultural context.

Gerard L'E Turner is Senior Research Associate at the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford. He is one of the UK's foremost authorities on scientific instruments, and has been the recipient of a number of awards and prizes.

• FOREWORD BY DIRECTOR OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM PREFACE; PART I: THE TRADE: THE LONDON TRADE IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY; THE CRAFTSMEN; THE MAP AND BOOK ENGRAVERS; THE INSTRUMENTS PRODUCED; SIR ROBERT DUDLEY,AN EXCEPTIONAL PATRON PART II: THE CATALOGUE; APPENDIX: THE ATTRIBUTION OF UNSIGNED INSTRUMENTS ( WITH M. ST.J.TURNER); BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

This skilfully conceived and splendidly realized volume pieces together, in true detective fashion, the evidence for the birth of a flourishing scientific instrument trade in london in the period 1540-1620 ... It is a fine model for the presentation of instruments within a broader cultural context.