Accession number
PML 60224
Creator
Gilbert, William, 1544-1603.
Published
Londini : Excvdebat Petrus Short, Anno MDC [1600].
Credit line
Gift of A. Hyatt Mayor, 1969.
Notes
Signatures: *⁸; A-V⁶: 128 leaves.
Fold-out plate added at page 201.
"Ad gravissimvm doctissimvmqve virum D. Gulielmum Gilbertum, medicinae apud Londinenses doctorem eximium, magneticæque philosophiæ parentem; de magneticis hisce libris, Edwardi Wrighti [greek characters]"--prelim. leaves 3-5.
Head and tail pieces; initials.
Fold-out plate added at page 201.
"Ad gravissimvm doctissimvmqve virum D. Gulielmum Gilbertum, medicinae apud Londinenses doctorem eximium, magneticæque philosophiæ parentem; de magneticis hisce libris, Edwardi Wrighti [greek characters]"--prelim. leaves 3-5.
Head and tail pieces; initials.
Description
[16], 240 pages : illustrations, diagrams (1 folded) ; 28.5 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Some underlining in text. Manuscript index added on first rear endleaf.
Provenance
Buddle Atkinson (family), armorial bookplate, about 1850 (front pastedown); Alfred M. Mayer, May 1872, and Alfred G. Mayer, signatures (front endleaf 1 verso) and Mayer (family), armorial bookplate (rear pastedown); Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of A. Hyatt Mayor, 1969.
Binding
17th-century English 1/2 calf with sprinkled paper sides over paper boards (28.5 x 19.5 cm).
Classification
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