Teneriffe, an astronomer's experiment: . or, specialities of a residence above the clouds.
Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900)
Category
Books
Date
1858
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3109544
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvi, 451, [1] p., frontis. plate, [19] plates . ill. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Red gilt book label: "Thanet Collegiate School. First prize for mathematics was awarded to Mast[e]r F. Hopcraft. Christmas, 1864." Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf over boards; gilt fillets; spine gilt; brown spine label with title 'Thanet's Teneriffe'; sewn on five raised bands.
Makers and roles
Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900)