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

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Identificatie

referentie code

Crewe MS/8

Titel

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

Datum(s)

  • 1784–1870 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Stuk

Omvang en 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

Geschiedenis van het archief

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

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

On the spine is stamped 'Aeronautica'.

Ordeningstelsel

The contents are foliated 1–42.

Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik

Taal van het materiaal

  • Engels
  • Frans

Verwante materialen

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.

Toegepaste regels en/of conventies

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