Concise history of ancient institutions, inventions, and discoveries in science and mechanic art
Johann Beckmann (1739-1811)
Category
Books
Date
1823
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Kent
NT 3173502
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. ; 12mo. Provenance: pictorial bookplate (both vols.) of wreath encircling book and butterfly: Vita her book [i.e. Vita Sackville-West, 1892-1962]. Inscribed on endpapers: Victoria M. Sackville-West from J. Murray Scott / April 1907" [i.e. from John Murray Scott (1847-1912)]. Binding: nineteenth-century full green calf; four false bands; gold tooled spine, borders, board edges and turn-ins; gold lettered and numbered spines: Ancient inventions in science &c. 1/2. Marbled endpapers and edges.
Makers and roles
Johann Beckmann (1739-1811) William Johnston