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Title
Date(s)
- 1784–1870 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 volume (39 x 29 cm), containing 35 leaves, 7 documents (ff. 8, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 27), and 4 loose cuttings. Most of the other leaves have prints, cuttings, letters, etc., pasted to them. Half-bound.
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
This collection was probably assembled by Lord Houghton (cf. f. 30r). Binder's stamp of J. Leighton, Brewer St. The armorial bookplate of Robert, Earl of Crewe, is pasted inside the volume and his heraldic ‘garb’ is stamped on the front cover. Some of… read more
Content and structure area
Scope and content
On the spine is stamped 'Aeronautica'.
System of arrangement
The contents are foliated 1–42.
Conditions of access and use area
Language of material
- English
- French
Allied materials area
Related units of description
Compare the rather larger collection of William Upcott, now in the Smithsonian Institute in the United States, which contains some of the same prints and cuttings.
Rules and/or conventions used
In the descriptions of the contents of this volume Monck Mason's Aeronautica (1838) is referred to by a short title. The full title is Aeronautica, or Sketches illustrative of the Theory and Practice of Aerostation, comprising an enlarged account of the… read more