Charles Lamplugh Waring
- Waring, Edward John, 1819-1891.
- Date:
- 1835-1839
- Reference:
- MS.4974
- Part of:
- Waring, Edward John (1819-1891)
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Description
Miscellanies collected by Edward John Waring, October 1838/9. Author's holograph MS.
Waring (C.L.) Essays. 1835, 1836. A commonplace book containing extracts and notes on medicine, science, and literary history. At the end of the entries are a number of small pasted-in, cut-down engravings of British coins and coats of arms. Bound in after these are 60 ll. preceded by a note by E. J. Waring: 'The follow[ing] essays were written by my brother Charles Lamplugh Waring, a true Christian, a dutiful son, an affectionate brother. He departed this life aged 23.' The essays, which are holograph, are on the solar system-illustrated with pen-drawn diagrams, the steam engine, and on various literary and philosophical subjects.
Publication/Creation
1835-1839
Physical description
1 volume 287 ll. + 78 ll. (last 18 bl.). 8vo. 221/2 × 14 cm. Original half-calf binding, worn. Written on the rectos only.
Acquisition note
Purchased 1944.
Finding aids
Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).
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Accession number
- 92643