Choir gaur; the grand orrery of the ancient Druids, commonly called Stonehenge, . ... astronomically explained, and mathematically proved to be a temple ... Illustrated with three copper plates.
John Smith, M.D., (fl.1770)
Category
Books
Date
1771
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3000926
Summary
Bibliographic description
vi, 73, [1] p.,[3] leaves of plates : folded plans ; 4to. (24cm). Note on upper flyleaf "The introduction is rare". An earlier inscription has been cut from the head of the flyleaf. With 50 blank leaves of laid paper bound in at the end (vertical chain lines), 3 leaves of which carry MS notes in two different hands, the first recording the possible connections between Stonehenge and other structures from antiquity. The second is a transcription (dated 22 Oct. 1819) of a court case from the time of King Canute concerning female inheritance and land ownership. Provenance: Nineteenth-century book label on upper pastedown, lettered "Francis Place, Charing Cross" [i.e. Francis Place (1771-1854)], described in pencil underneath "book plate of the famous socialist Francis Place". Also inscribed in ink in a later hand "J. Powell, Swindon Wilts". Binding: Nineteenth-century marbled boards with later rebacking in sprinkled calf, red leather spine label lettered in gilt "Smith's Choir Gaur". Edges mottled brown.
Makers and roles
John Smith, M.D., (fl.1770)