Cosmos: . sketch of a physical description of the universe by Alexander von Humboldt. Translated under the superintendence of Lieut.-Col. Edward Sabine, B.A., For. Sec. R.S.
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
Category
Books
Date
1847 - 1848
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3069552.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.1. . 8vo.. MS annotations on front endpapers. Provenance: Pastedown inscribed: "Wilkinson" [i.e. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson] as issued; ticket on rear pastedown 'Bound by Westleys & Clark. London'.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust by the Treasury in lieu of CTT in 1985 with an endowment provided by the NHMF.
Makers and roles
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) Sir Edward Sabine (1788-1883) Elizabeth Juliana Leeves, Lady Sabine (1807-1879)