The astrolabes of the world : based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection of...
The astrolabes of the world : based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection of the old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, with notes on astrolabes in the collections of the British Museum, Science Museum, Sir J. Findlay, Mr S.V. Hoffman, the Mensing Collection, and in other public and private collections / by Robert T. Gunther.
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London : Holland Press, 1976.
Date
1976.
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TQ020092
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Language
English
Latin
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Physical content
xvii, iii, 609 p. : ill., coat of arms, ports. ; 29 cm.
Contents
Includes facsimile reprints, including facsimile reprint of: Description of a planispheric astrolabe, constructed for Sháh Sultán Husain Safawí, King of Persia / by William H. Morley. London : Williams and Norgate, 1856.
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London : Holland Press, 1976.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1976.
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The astrolabes of the world : based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection of the old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, with notes on astrolabes in the collections of the British Museum, Science Museum, Sir J. Findlay, Mr S.V. Hoffman, the Mensing Collection, and in other public and private collections / by Robert T. Gunther.
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General note
Astrolabes, to ca 1930 (BNB/PRECIS)
Includes some contributions in Latin.
Originally published in 2 vols.: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1932.
Bibliography: p. 576-598.
Transferred from: NQ522.4/2.
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TQ020092
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74VK6AAW3aoy
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090047064X :
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991020983649702626