Catalogue of Dr. Hutton's library, 1815
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Description
- Title
- Catalogue of Dr. Hutton's library, 1815
- Creator
- Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823
- Abstract
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Manuscript catalogs of Dr. Charles Hutton's books, each volume in a single hand, arranged in alphabetical order and including information on place and date of publication, size, and number of volumes. The first volume contains books from his general library and includes a large number of volumes on scientific subjects, on algebra, geometry, physics, mathematics, navigation, and astronomy as well as biographies of scientific philosophers. The library also contains literary works such as Beggar's Opera and Polly, with the music; Congreve's works; and La Fontaine's works; travel diaries and narratives including those of Cook's yoyages; a biography of Benjamin Franklin and collection of his works; and works on military history. At the end of the manuscript is a tally in pencil showing totals of 2193 articles and 3315 volumes. The second volume contains only mathematical and scientific works in Hutton's library, which also appear in the first volume
- Description
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Charles Hutton (1737-1823) was a mathematician, professor, and foreign secretary of the Royal Society from 1777-1783. He was interested in applied mathematics and open to innovations from the continent, active in experiments with military technology, including studies in ballistics and bridge-building, and helped lay the groundwork for the reformation of British mathematics during the first half of the nineteenth century.
In English.
Note in pencil on flyleaf of vol. 1: Dr. Hutton's Library was sold 1816.
Note in pencil on flyleaf of vol. 1: Catalogue Alphabetique des Livres qui appertient a Monsieur le Docteur Hutton chez lui a No. 36 Bedford Row a Londres.
On title page of vol. 2: Catalogue of Doctor Hutton's Mathematical Library. Novr. 1815.
Note in pencil on flyleaf of vol. 2: Charles Hutton died 1823 but his library was sold in 1816.
Binding: full calf; gilt decoration. On spine of vol. 1: Hutton's Catalogue. On spine of vol. 2: Catalog. - Provenance
- Purchased from Myers, September 1953.
- Extent
- 2 20 cm. v. ;
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Mss Vol. 54
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Catalogs
Early works to 1800
Library catalogs - Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
Great Britain.
Great Britain - Subject (Name)
- Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823.
- Subject (Topic)
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Mathematicians
Books and reading
Collectors and collecting
Private libraries
Science and technology libraries
Intellectual life - Subjects
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Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823
Mathematicians > Books and reading
Collectors and collecting > Catalogs
Private libraries > England > Catalogs > Early works to 1800
Science and technology libraries > Great Britain
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Charles Hutton, Catalogue of Dr. Hutton's Library. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8117417
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355064