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Fecha(s)
- 1784–1870 (Creación)
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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.
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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 of… read 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
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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 the… read more