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Title
Annotations on A short system of optics.
Alternative Title
Stack, John, Rev. A short system of optics. Dublin: Printed by William McKenzie, no. 33, College-Green, M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]
Creator
Wolfe, John.
Stack, John, Rev
Date Created and/or Issued
1797
Contributing Institution
UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection
Early Modern Annotated Books from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information
Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Scope/Content: Manuscript annotations in printed book.
Scope/Content: Manuscript annotations by John Wolfe of Merrion Square, Dublin in his 1793 copy of John Stack's A short system of optics. Annotations consist of indexical notes and other marginal notations on the printed text, as well as some pen trials on the endpapers and initials written on blank parts of the folding plates.
Condition: Bound in contemporary tree calf, rebacked.
Type
text
Form/Genre
Annotations (Provenance)--Ireland--18th century.
Extent
vi, 124 pages, 5 folded leaves of plates; 21 cm
Identifier
ark:/21198/n14p4c
QC353 .S77 1793 *
Language
English
Subject
Optics--Early works to 1800.
Stack, John, Rev.--Short system of optics.--1793.
Place
Ireland--Dublin.
Provenance
John Wolfe inscribed multiple times and "John Wolfe, July 1 1797, Merrion Square, Dublin" inscribed on page 1.
Location
CLUW

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