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Commonplace book concerning travel and science
Title
Commonplace book concerning travel and science, 1756-1757.
Physical Description
1 v. (circa 360 p.) ; 15 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Annotation at top of first page: "Begun this book, May 22, 1756."
Annotated at bottom of page 355: "Finis. Aug. 15, 1757."
Ownership inscription on front pastedown in pencil, in a later hand: "G. Upton."
Ownership inscription on recto of last page: "1793. William Vizar."
Binding: contemporary full leather (spine damaged).
In English.
Provenance
Purchased from A. R. Heath on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2008.
Summary
Manuscript in a single hand containing extensive passages copied from travel narratives and from magazine articles on various sciences. The volume opens with several entries on Sir Isaac Newton and contains many passages copied from the Gentleman's Magazine and the Universal Spectator. Most of the material, however, is taken from Awnsham and Churchill's six-volume A Collection of Voyages and Travels, particularly from the final section, "A Journey Through Part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy, and France." Many of the diagrams of machinery, scientific instruments, and equipment are also re-drawn in this volume, including the cavo fango dredger used in the Venetian canals and the central part of the sawmill at the Grande Chartreuse.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Images
Added to Catalog
November 02, 2009
References
Commonplace Book Concerning Travel and Science, 1756-1757. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Commonplace Book Concerning Travel and Science, 1756-1757. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Commonplace books.
Diagrams.
Drawings (visual works)
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