Unidad documental simple 8 - ‘Aeronautica’: prints, cuttings, and other papers relating to the history of ballooning

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Área de identidad

Código de referencia

Crewe MS/8

Título

‘Aeronautica’: prints, cuttings, and other papers relating to the history of ballooning

Fecha(s)

  • 1784–1870 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Unidad documental simple

Volumen y soporte

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.

Área de contexto

Institución archivística

Historia archivística

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 ofread more

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

On the spine is stamped 'Aeronautica'.

Sistema de arreglo

The contents are foliated 1–42.

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Idioma del material

  • inglés
  • francés

Área de materiales relacionados

Unidades de descripción relacionadas

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.

Reglas y/o convenciones usadas

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 theread more