Case and magnifying glass for the Triumphs of Charles V
Scope & Content:
Purple velvet of Charles Lewis, c. 1816, in a case of dark blue morocco, velvet-lined, with an early nineteenth-century magnifying glass recessed into it. Also included is the key to the case.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1816
Extent:
Dark blue morocco and velvet case, with magnifying glass and key
(Gr. liv.) GEOGRAPHICAL COLLECTIONS Of Alexander Dalrymple, Hydrographer to the East India Company (1779) and to the Admiralty (1795-1808), viz.:- 1. Accounts of Mauritius, Bourbon, Madagascar, and Ascension, with a few charts and drawings. ff. 2, 13, 18, 20. Printed by Dalrymple in the Orient...