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Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1784–1870 (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
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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Nom du producteur
Histoire archivistique
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
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
On the spine is stamped 'Aeronautica'.
System of arrangement
The contents are foliated 1–42.
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Language of material
- anglais
- français
Zone des sources complémentaires
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