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StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	MS GRAVES/35
Title	Geometry Manuscript (Dutch)
Date	Late 18th century
Description	Manuscript volume, 19th century, on practical geometry: Geometria Practica of Den Practicalen Meetkonst. With ink diagrams, some coloured. Inscribed G E Schenk and dated 1783 (f 1r).
Extent	1 volume containing 116 leaves
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 3858. Other pressmarks: 8.h.8; 49.j.14.
Acquisition	Graves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870.
AccessStatus	Open
AccessConditions	The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
FindingAids	Dorothy 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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