Epistle of Petrus Peregrinus of Maricourt : to Sygerus of Foncaucourt/ soldier/ concerning the magnet
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Type of record: Book
Title: Epistle of Petrus Peregrinus of Maricourt : to Sygerus of Foncaucourt/ soldier/ concerning the magnet
Classmark: Early Science 2 1902/PER
Creator(s): Peter Peregrinus (fl. ca.1269)
Publisher: Chiswick Press
Publication city: [Chiswick (London)]
Date(s): [1902]
Language: English
Size and medium: [29] p
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/181098
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991006206719705181
Description
"This Epistle of Peter Peregrinus/ on the magnet/ written in 1269/ is done into English by Silvanus P. Thompson from the printed Latin versions of Gasser 1448/ Bertelli 1869/ and Hellmann 1898/ and amended by reference to the manuscript copy in his possession/ formerly amongst the Phillipps manuscripts/ dated 1391: and it is now printed in the year 1902/ in the Caxton type/ by Charles Whittingham and Company/ at the Chiswick Press/ to the number of 240 copies/ of which this is no.... Rubricated by J.J."
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