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Reference Number MS GRAVES/33
TitleKechelius, "Geometria Theoretico Practica"
Date1665
DescriptionManuscript volume: Geometria Theoretico Practica quam dedicit Petrus de Graef et docuit Samuel Carolus Kechelius Hollensteyn (geometry which Petrus de Graef taught Samuel Carolus Kechelius), 1665. The text is accompanied throughout by finely executed ink diagrams in many colours, some using gold ink.
Extent1 volume containing 116 leaves
CustodialHistoryThe 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 4059. Other pressmark: 2.f.3.
AcquisitionGraves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
FindingAidsDorothy K Coveney, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London' (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
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