Accession No

6494

Brief Description

catalogue of the Mensing collection, R. S. Whipple’s copy, by Frederick Muller and Company, Dutch, 1924

Origin

Netherlands; Amsterdam

Maker

Frederik Muller and Company

Class

books; ephemera

Earliest Date

1924

Latest Date

1924

Inscription Date

1924

Material

paper

Dimensions

length 285mm; width 190mm; depth 50mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from an individual at a Scientific Instruments Fair on or before 10/05/2011. This copy of the catalogue was likely in the Whipple Collection previously; there is a Whipple bookplate inside.

Inscription

"R. S. Whipple" [signature on cover]

"Heilbronner bought most of the collection in the Palace of Strozzi, Florence, about 1900 (took 40 years to collect)" [note on title page in Whipple's hand]

Description Notes

Black and white printed catalogue of Mensing Collection, with several handwritten notes by R. S. Whipple. Signed by Whipple on top right of front cover. Bears Whipple collection bookplate on inside cover.

Catalogue comprises an introduction by the cataloguer, Max Engelmann, brief descriptions of objects in collection (divided by type into seven separate sections (see below)), a list of references and an index (all in German).

The seven sections of scientific instruments are listed in the contents page as:
I. Armillarspären
II. Himels- und Erdoglben
III. Astrolabien - Astrologische Scheiben
IV. Mathematisches Kleingerät - Zeichenhilfsmittel - Maßstäbe
V. Mathematische Instrumente für astronomische, geodätische und artilleristische Meßvahren - Wegmesser
VI. Sonnen-, Nacht-, Sand- und Räderuhren, Kalenderäte
VII. Physikalische und chemische Instrumente

Also a page of notepaper with notes in Whipple’s hand (in pen and pencil). On one side is a series of observations on the collection, dated “Oct 29 : 25” and entitled “Notes re Mensing Collection” . On the reverse are a series of rough tallies concerning costs of travel, and a brief schedule.

Condition fair (several tears; some water damage); complete

References

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