f. 45v, 46r : Geometric symbols containing luna crests., f. 50r : ""Philosophisch balneum,"" distillation apparatus and furnace., f. 50v : ""Der Faule Heintze,"" a multilevel furnace, and f. 51r : ""Der Philosophische Offen,"" a cylindrical furnace, with chimney.
Description:
3 oversize folding pages with drawings and diagrams inserted after f. 227., On paper, Twelve illustrations., and Written by a single scribe in gothic, Fraktur and roman scripts.
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, consisting of aphorisms, axioms, and pithy commentary on such subjects as "Wisdom, "Money," "Retalliation," and "Parliament." Prefaced by a dedication to Lord Chief Justice Matthew Hale, Edward Heywood, John Vaughan, and Rowland Jenkes, signed by Selden's secretary Richard Milward, who "had the opportunity to hear his discourse twenty years together."
Description:
9 preliminary leaves, front and back, some lined but otherwise blank, not digitized., Armorial bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale., Binding: contemporary full leather., For information on the source of acquisition, consult the appropriate curator., and Includes alphabetized table of contents.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Politics and government--1603-1649 and Great Britain--Religious life and customs
Subject (Name):
Hale, Matthew,--Sir,--1609-1676, Lowther, Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale--Bookplate, Milward, Ri.--(Richard),--1609-1680, and Selden, John,--1584-1654--Table-talk
Subject (Topic):
Aphorisms and apothegms--17th century, Conduct of life--17th century, and Conduct of life--Quotations, maxims, etc
Journal of a Voyage of Discovery in the Pacific and Beering’s Straits : on board H.M.S. Blossom
Image Count:
27
Abstract:
The journal describes the 1825-28 voyage of the ship Blossom from Spithead, Isle of Wright to Cape Horn, Chile, the Society and Hawaiian islands, then Kamchatka and the Bering Sea. The ship went back by way of California, Hawaii, the Philipines, and China. The ship continues through Awats Bay, Bering Strait, to San Francisco, Mexico, Chile, around Cape Horn to Brazil, the Azores,and Spithead. Appendices include notes of Blossom’s other voyages, an Esquimaux vocabulary, and star and weather readings.
Description:
Blanks not included in pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Pacific Ocean --Exploring expeditions
Subject (Name):
Beechey, Frederick William, 1796-1856, Blossom (Ship), and Wolfe, James, 1807-1848
Subject (Topic):
Meteorological records--19th century, Northwest Passage, and Voyages around the world