Lithographed work, 'A windfall for the microscope' by Mary Ward (1856), in which is inserted a letter from the author to Sir David Brewster.
File
Identifier: MS.9940
Scope and Contents
Some of the drawings have been touched up with water-colours.
Dates
- Creation: 1856.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
5 Leaves ; Duodecimo.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
2 folios + 6 pages.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1971, by Miss Isobel F Robb, St Boswells.
Bibliography
For further information about this work see D G Harry, “The Hon. Mrs Ward and ‘A windfall for the microscope’ of 1856 and 1864”, in ‘Annals of science’, volume xli (1984), page 471.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk