A treatise on mensuration, both in theory and practice,
Charles Hutton (1737-1823)
Category
Books
Date
1770
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3065233
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxvi, 646p. [2] . ill.. (woodcuts, engr.) . 4to.. Price of 1000 dollars on endpaper. Provenance: Ink Latin inscription to William Watson Suggett, Kirkleatham, Oct. 1773 from the author and with translation of Latin on postcard addressed to Mr. John W. Suggett, New York, 1928 from his niece Jessie; pencil inscription 'Recd by Jas Suggett from his aunt Mary Cousins Kingston [?] May 13,1869 A.D. as one of the books used by his father at Kirkleatham'.Also ink signature of James Suggett on marbled endpaper.. Binding: Mottled tree calf binding, gilt on spine.
Makers and roles
Charles Hutton (1737-1823) Ralph Beilby (1743-1817) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)