Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 27 Jan. 1822 (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
1 vol., c. 352 x 231 x 8 mm. 2 free endpapers at front and back, ff. 1-39; 1 single sheet pasted to f. 39r.
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Histoire archivistique
Note regarding provenance on leaf facing inside front cover: 'This manuscript was presented to Captain Smyth, R. N. by the Engineers, who were engaged in the works which it describes in 1923. At that time Captain Smyth was employed by the British Government in making a survey of the ports and Coast of the Mediterranean, and he furnished the above named officers with much information concerning the coast of Sardinia. This work was presented to hm by the Engineers by the Order of the Viceroy of Sardinia... Captain Smyth presented the manuscript to me in September 1828. J. Lee. Doctor's Commons.'
Two bookplates of William Henry Smyth are pasted to the inside front cover, and a bookplate with John Lee's coat of arms is pasted to the facing page.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Bequeathed to the Library by William Aldis Wright, 1924 (bookplates recording this pasted to inside front and back covers).
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
ff. 1-5: [General introduction to the works]
ff: 6-7: 'Capitoli generali da osservarsi per l'esecuzione dei lavori stradali'
ff. 8-11r: Account of costs of the work [broken down further, ff. 15-38]
ff. 11v-14: 'Metodo di costruzione'
ff. 15-38: 'Stato circostanziato dei prezzi' [detailed statement of costs]
Dated 'Torino li 27 Gennajo 1822' at end of work.
List of employees of the civil engineering corps of ports and roads in the Kingdom of Sardinia pasted to f. 39r.
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Accruals
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Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- italien
Script of material
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Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
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Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Several other bound MSS formerly owned by John Lee are held at Trinity: Add. MS a. 630, Add. MS b. 158-166, Add. MS c. 173-181. R. 1. 4-5 are two volumes containing printed booklets, also formerly owned by John Lee.