Eloge historique de James Watt.. 1839. English.
Dominique François Jean Arago (1786-1853)
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3259953
Summary
Bibliographic description
ix, 261 p., 1 unnumbered leaf of plates :. port. ;. 23 cm (8vo) Acquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: contains armorial bookplate of Wynter Blathwayt [= Rev. Wynter Thomas Blathwayt (1824-1909)], with central eagle motif and surrounding motto 'virtute et veritate', with added manuscript date of 1841. Binding: nineteenth-century parchment binding over boards; simple double fillet gold tooled border on upper and lower covers; 'King Edward School Bruton' lettered in gold directly on upper cover; decorative comb marbled paper endpapers; gilt edges; green leather spine label with 'Arago's Eloge of Watt' lettered in gold; decorative tooling in gold to spine.
Makers and roles
Dominique François Jean Arago (1786-1853) Muirhead, James Patrick, 1813-1898