Record ID:
232743
Accession number:
MA 5076
Credit:
Purchased, 2001.
Description:
1 item (220 p.) ; 37.8 x 24.2 cm
Summary:
The catalog of the Herschel Library, formed by astronomers Sir William Herschel and his son, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, whose daughter Isabella compiled the catalog. The densely written catalog contains entries for a wide range of scientific books as well as works of literature and history.
Binding:
Written in an account book manufactured by Blight & Burrup, London stationers, with 110 unnumbered leaves, bound in half-sheep and board.
Provenance:
Bookplate of Dr. Sydney Ross, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.
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