Practical measuring made easy to the meanest capacity,. by a new set of tables; which, ... shew what is the solid or superficial content ... of any piece or quantity of timber, stone, board, glass, ... Calculated and re-examined from the press,
Edward Hoppus (d.1739)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 3179535
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],xxxix,[9],176p.,plate :. ill. ;. long 8vo. Imprimatur on title page verso signed Ed: Hoppus. Provenance: Inscription on pastedown: Ant.o Chute Aprill 5th 1746. [i.e. Anthony Chute (1722-1754), of The Vyne]. Extensive ms. notes in ink and pencil on endpapers and flyleaves, all probably relating to The Vyne, including notes of room dimensions and costs, mathematical jottings, and a sketched plan. Binding: Eighteenth-century full sprinkled sheep over boards; blind double fillet to form a border; rebacked in brown morocco.
Makers and roles
Edward Hoppus (d.1739)