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Book/Printed Material A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions Rich cabinet with variety of invensions in several arts and siences

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Title

  • A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits ... being receipts and conceits of several natures ... As also variety of recreative fire-works ... Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Likewise directions for ringing the most usual peals ...

Other Title

  • Rich cabinet with variety of invensions in several arts and siences

Names

  • White, John, -1671.
  • Whitwood, William, bookseller.
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for William Whitwood at the sign of the Golden Bell in Duck-Lane near Smith-field, 1677.

Headings

  • -  Scientific recreations--Early works to 1800
  • -  Science--Early works to 1800
  • -  Fireworks--Early works to 1800
  • -  Geometry--Early works to 1800
  • -  Formulas, recipes, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  J.W. = John White. Cf. ESTC.
  • -  Added engraved title page.
  • -  English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), R219958
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1527
  • -  LC copy: Ex libris Howard C. Levis. Inscription on front fly-leaf: Francis Elsley His Book. Februaryy 26. 1717/8.
  • -  LAC scc 2018-10-04 update
  • -  LAC kcc 2018-10-15 review (2 cards)
  • -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2018-10-22
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-02 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 190, 41 p. illus. 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Q155 .W55 1677

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49043563

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

White, John, -1671, William Whitwood, Howard Coppuck Levis, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Mcmanus-Young Collection. A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits ... being receipts and conceits of several natures ...As also variety of recreative fire-works ... Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Likewise directions for ringing the most usual peals. London, Printed for William Whitwood at the sign of the Golden Bell in Duck-Lane near Smith-field, 1677. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/49043563/.

APA citation style:

White, J., Whitwood, W., Levis, H. C., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Mcmanus-Young Collection. (1677) A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits ... being receipts and conceits of several natures ...As also variety of recreative fire-works ... Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Likewise directions for ringing the most usual peals. London, Printed for William Whitwood at the sign of the Golden Bell in Duck-Lane near Smith-field. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/49043563/.

MLA citation style:

White, John, -1671, et al. A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits ... being receipts and conceits of several natures ...As also variety of recreative fire-works ... Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Likewise directions for ringing the most usual peals. London, Printed for William Whitwood at the sign of the Golden Bell in Duck-Lane near Smith-field, 1677. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/49043563/>.