The Scientifick Amusement or the Useful Companion ... by Robert Brightwell Jun. ... in ye 16th year of his Age [manuscript].

Author
Brightwell, Robert Jun [Browse]
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
England, 1752.
Description
[104] manuscript pages. orig. pen & ink drawings, 2 col. maps ; 16 cm.

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Subject(s)
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Notes
  • Bookplate of John Lawson.
  • backstrip off, signatures loose.
  • Clearly written in copperplate hand, title in red and black (red faded). Diagrams of geometrical solids, signs of the zodiac, the Solar System with Artificial sphere and charmingly clumsy allegorical figure.
Binding note
Contemporary blue sugar paper bds in modern blue morocco and gray marbled slipcase.
Provenance
Lawson, John
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