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Title
Annotations on Pyrotechny asserted and illustrated.
Alternative Title
Pyrotechny asserted and illustrated. London: Printed by R. Daniel for S. Thomson, 1658.
Creator
Starkey, George, 1627-1665
Date Created and/or Issued
about [1658?]
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: Contemporary annotations by an unknown reader in 1658 copy of George Starkey's Pyrotechny asserted and illustrated. The text block has been tightly trimmed so many annotations are only partially readable, but include textual notes, citations, underlines and planetary symbols.
Condition: 19th century half black morocco with marbled boards.
Type
text
Form/Genre
Annotations (Provenance)--England--17th century.
Extent
16, 172 pages, bound; 14 cm
Identifier
ark:/21198/n1hs3f
RS87 .S79
Language
English
Subject
Alchemy--England--Early works to 1800.
Starkey, George, 1627-1665.--Pyrotechny asserted and illustrated.--1658.
Place
England.
Provenance
19th century ownership inscription "Hugh W. Diamond" on front paste-down endpaper; 17th century contemporary annotations in margins of text.
Location
CLUW

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