Astronomy: 18th cent.

Date:
mid-18th century
Reference:
MS.1005
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Description

[Short work on astronomy.] Illustrated with small pen-drawn diagrams, written on rectos only. Probably a student's notes of lectures. 6 leaves at the beginning, and 21 at the end are filled with notes and rough plans in pencil of a farm property, written in the late 19th cent. The rest of the book is blank.

Publication/Creation

mid-18th century

Physical description

1 volume 79 ff. + 99 bl. ll. 8vo. 151/2 x 91/2 cm. Original half-calf binding.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1910.

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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  • 23022