The construction and principal uses of mathematical instruments
Nicolas Bion (1652-1733)
Category
Books
Date
1723
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3145510
Summary
Bibliographic description
vii, [1], 264 p., XXVI folded leaves of plates : ill. ; fol. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot", i.e. William Davenport Talbot, 1764-1800, on recto of first free end-paper. Binding: eighteenth century blind tooled Cambridge-style plain and sprinkled calf; blind stamped to a panel design; gilt tooling on edges of boards; gilt tooled title label reading "Stone's Uses of mathem instrum" 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
Nicolas Bion (1652-1733), author Edmund Stone (d.1768), editor