Volume entitled "James Ferguson's Common Place Book"
Fonds — Volume: Dk.7.33
Identifier: Coll-2222
Scope and Contents
Fergusson, James. Volume entitled "James Ferguson's Common Place Book", 1775. Some inscriptions, or small portions of text in Hebrew, Greek, Latin. Contains highly detailed, illustrations, graphs, tables, diagrams, some with moving-parts, or folding-out. Interleaved with printed material.
Dates
- Creation: c 1775
Creator
- Ferguson, James, 1710-1776 (Scottish astronomer) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English, Latin, Greek, Hebrew
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Full Extent
1 volume
Previous reference
Dk.7.33
Physical Description
2^o. Marbled cover, brown leather bound. Banded spine. Title on binding, brown leather overlay, gilt: "James Ferguson's Common Place Book." EU Library round stamp at top of spine.
In large storage box containing Dk.7.33-Dk.7.34.
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Occupation
- Title
- Volume entitled "James Ferguson's Common Place Book", c 1775
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk