Description | Collection of five 17th-century treatises on Aristotle's work on the sky, clocks, the soul, the eye, and the globe, comprising:
Commentarius in libros Aristotelis De Coelo, 1662, including printed title-page, ink diagrams in the text, other diagrams (some folded) pasted in, and index (ff 1r-93v) Tractatus Brevis de Conscribendis Horologiis, 1663, including printed title-page, diagrams pasted in, index, and printed Tabulae Horologio Graphicae (9 leaves) dated 28 Aug 1662 (ff 95r-120r) Commentarius in Libros Aristotelis De Anima, 1663, including title-page with printed border, some red ink in text, printed diagram dated 1636, and index dated 1663 (ff 124r-222r) Tractatus Brevis de Oculo, 1663, including title-page with printed border, title in red, some ink drawings and other diagrams pasted in, and index (ff 223r-233v) Undated Tractatus Brevis De Sphaera Materiali. Sphaerae totius universi description eius sub R Patre Gislerio Payen e Societate Jesu. Duaci, including title-page with printed border, ink diagrams, index and tables (ff 236r-249v). |
CustodialHistory | The manuscripts 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 2624. |