The history and present state of discoveries relating to vision, light, and colours.
Joseph Priestley, FRS (1733-1804)
Category
Books
Date
1772
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3051712
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.(v,[9],xvi,812,[12]p., [25] folded leaves of plates) . ill.. . 4to.. Subscriber's copy: "The Right Honourable the Countess Dowager of Stamford, at Dunham Massey in Cheshire, 2 sets" [i.e. Lady Mary Booth (1704-1772)] in list of subscribers. Identified in 1768 catalogue (later entry): N.1 (6 in later hand).. Provenance: Bookplate: George Harry Grey (1737-1819) after 1768; anonymous armorial variant 2. Franks 12841.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; gilt rolls, stamps and red title label on spine. Edges stained yellow.
Makers and roles
Joseph Priestley, FRS (1733-1804)