Description | Manuscript volume, 18th century: Lecons De Mathematiques pour l'Ecole de l'Artillerie des Pais-Bas rige Malines le 14 May 1766 sous la protection de P.A.H. Monseigneur le duc Charles Alexandre de Lorraine par M. le Comte de Ferrarie General Inspecteur de l'Artillerie (mathematics lessons for the School of Artillery of the Low Countries established at Malines [Mechlin or Mechelen, Belgium] 14 May 1766 under the protection of Charles Alexander, Duke of Lorraine, by the Count of Ferrari, General Inspector of Artillery). Folded leaf of diagrams at end. |
CustodialHistory | The manuscript formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 2716. |