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Title

The naturalist's manual

Authors

• Charles Rainsford Collection of Alchemical and Occult Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania)

Other related names

• Rainsford, Charles, 1728-1809, former owner
• Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, former owner

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1708
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9962997163503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/919633140

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Origin

Date

1800-1804

Place

England

Summary

Encyclopedic work of plants, animals, and minerals translated and with introductions by Charles Rainsford and dedicated to Mr. de Buffon of the French Academy (v. 1, p. i), the 18th-century naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. The title page of the second volume states that it is translated "from the French edition in small 8vo format of Dxxx Mxxx, Paris 1771" (v. 2, p. i). Includes an alphabetical index at the beginning of each volume. The fourth volume is a copy of the second edition of the printed work and appears to be incomplete, ending with entries starting with the letter D.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from title page (v. 1, p. i).
   

Extent

4 v. (236, 326, 287, 285 leaves) : 318 x 200 mm. bound to 326 x 215 mm

Foliation

V. 1: Paper, 236 leaves; [xxxiv], 1-325, 324-436; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. V. 2: Paper, 326 leaves; [xxviii], 1-525, 525-595, 595-622; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. V. 3: Paper, 287 leaves; [xxvi], 1-70, 72-136, 157-339, [340-567]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. V. 4: Paper, 285 leaves; [xxx], 1-124, 126-168, [169-539]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment.

Layout

Written in long lines.

Script

Written in a cursive script in the hand of Charles Rainsford.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Charles Rainsford (British army officer, fellow of the Royal Society, and alchemist); bequeathed by Rainsford to Hugh Percy, Second Duke of Northumberland.
   
• Owned by the 2nd through 12th Dukes of Northumberland, ms. 625, 626, 627, and 627a, Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, 1809-2014 (bookplate, inside upper covers; stamps throughout).
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's (London), 15 July 2014, as part of Lot 411.
   

Subjects topical

• Natural history--Pre-Linnean works

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, English--19th century
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• Encyclopedia
• 19th century
• English
• French
• Paper
• England
• Science

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