Accession number
PML 152439
Creator
Jones, Stephen, 1763-1827.
Published
London : Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, for G. and J. Robinson ; and Longman and Rees, Paternoster-row ; J. Wallis, Ludgate-street ; W. Peacock and Sons, Salisbury-square, ... [etc.] 1802.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
"Printed by Thomas Bensley, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, London."--Colophon.
Description
iv, [428] p. ; 14 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed on 2nd flyleaf, "Thermometers were invented by a Dutchman named Brabel 1620 - the ... variously ascribe - improved by B[?]... 1730 - perfected by Fahrenheit 1749."
Provenance
Provenance note pasted inside box cover: "These books were given by Mrs. Estridge to Mrs. de Crespigny, 2nd wife of Sir Joseph Whatley, in 1814. Mrs. Estridge was sister to Sir Joseph. They came into possession of Mrs. Ireby Fisher, great-grand-daughter of Sir Joseph, and were given by her to Captain F. C. Tyler, late Royal Field Artillery, - her cousin - in 1910." ; Joseph Estridge (bookplate); from the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., enclosed in a contemporary straight-grain morocco box and edges gilt, simulating a set of books.
Classification
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Department