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Title(s)
Gale's cabinet of knowledge, or, Miscellaneous recreations : containing moral and philosophical essays, propositions, natural, and metaphysical maxims, and observations on select subjects of general utility ... : to which are added a great number of originals, likewise an appendix, containing various propositions tending to prove light and heat two distinct beings, with some curious definitions in optics.
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Additional Title(s)
Cabinet of knowledge
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Published/Created
London : Printed for the proprietors, by W. Kemmish ..., 1796.
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Physical Description
xiv, 336 pages, VI folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1227 .G35 1796
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Preface signed: J. Gale.
Bookseller's advertisements: page 334-336.
Includes a description and instructions for the magic lantern (pages 169-170).
English short title catalogue, T64267
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in contemporary calf; rebacked. Plates IV and V transposed. Bookplate: Christopher Hogwood. Autograph: Alex Gerard. -
Subject Terms
Amusements -- Early works to 1800. | Garard, Alex -- Autograph. | Hogwood, Christopher -- Bookplate. | Kemmish, W. -- Printer. | Lantern projection. | Literary recreations -- Early works to 1800. | Scientific recreations -- Early works to 1800. | Tricks -- Early works to 1800.
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