A treatise of the motion of water, . and other fluids: with the origin of fountains or springs, and the cause of winds. ... Written originally in French, by the learned M. Marriotte, ... And translated into English, ... by J. T. Desaguliers, ...
Edmé Mariotte (1620-1684)
Category
Books
Date
1718
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3082558
Summary
Bibliographic description
xxiii, [1], 290, [2] p.,VII folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot", i.e. William Davenport Talbot, 1764-1800, on recto of first free end-paper. Pencilled manuscript inscription "found in the drawer" on front pastedown. Binding: eighteenth century Cambridge-style plain and sprinkled calf; blind stamped to a panel design; gilt tooling on edges of boards; gilt tooling and gilt-tooled title label reading "Marriot Waterworks" on spine; text block edges sprinkled red and brown.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
Edmé Mariotte (1620-1684) John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744)