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Add MS 8788

Record Id:

032-002029683

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002029683

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000045.0x000107

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 8788

Title:

TREATISE ON PHYSICS; 18th cent. Latin. Copy. An anonymous treatise on physics preceded by an introduction on the Geometric Terminology used in the treatise. Title (f. 12) 'Physica / Quid sit Physica, quid eius obiectum, qui finis, quae partes', inc. 'Physica est scientia rerum naturalium', expl. (f. 271v) 'in aperto positam, paratissimamque'. The introduction is entitled (f. 1) 'De Geometricis quibusdam terminis quorum precipue erit usus in Physica', inc. 'Geometricos quosdam terminos explicare hoc loco decrevi', expl. (f. 11v) 'Similiter ... spheras ipsas experiment'. The treatise is divided into three parts (ff. 12, 46v, 349), each respectively subdivided into twenty, sixty-two, and twenty-five chapters; the introduction is divided into seven chapters. All chapters are listed in a detailed table of contents (ff. 272-275v). With marginal illustrations in ink. Owned by Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, but lacking his armorial bookplate. '290/18' in pencil in top left corner of f. i. Purchased, together with Add. 8688, from R. H. Evans, 8 Dec. 1830, lot 290 (18th item).

Paper; ff. 275+i. Old pagination in ink 'I-XXII' (ff. 1-11v) and '1-520' (ff. 12-271v). 318 x 220mm. Horizontal catchwords on each leaf. One Italian hand. Guilford binding of quarter vellum with marble paper covers over pasteboards.

Scope & Content:

Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828.

Mathematics: Natural Philosophy: Natural Science: Treatise on Physics, with introduction on Geometric Terminology: 18th cent.: Ital: Copy.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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032-002029683

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032-002029683

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
Italian

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1700

End Date:

1799

Date Range:

18th century

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Custodial History:

Robert Harding Evans, bookseller: Purchased from (lot 290, part), 8 Dec. 1830.

Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford: Owned, bef. 1828.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Evans, Robert Harding, bookseller and auctioneer, 1777-1857
North, Frederick, 5th Earl of Guilford, politician and colonial administrator, 1766-1827,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000034584770