Lot 168
Bryan (Margaret) Lectures on Natural Philosophy, first edition, sold for the Authoress, 1806.
Hammer Price: £700
Description
Bryan (Margaret) Lectures on Natural Philosophy, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 36 plates, uncut in original pink boards, worn, 4to, sold for the Authoress, 1806.
⁂ Ownership signature of Charles Cookson, Woolwich Common (possibly the subscriber "Colonel Cookson, Royal Artillery"). Margaret Bryan opened a school for girls near Hyde Park Corner in the early 1790s, relocating to Blackheath in 1795. Unusually she focussed her pupils' education on mathematics and science. In 1797 she published A Compendious System of Astronomy.
Description
Bryan (Margaret) Lectures on Natural Philosophy, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 36 plates, uncut in original pink boards, worn, 4to, sold for the Authoress, 1806.
⁂ Ownership signature of Charles Cookson, Woolwich Common (possibly the subscriber "Colonel Cookson, Royal Artillery"). Margaret Bryan opened a school for girls near Hyde Park Corner in the early 1790s, relocating to Blackheath in 1795. Unusually she focussed her pupils' education on mathematics and science. In 1797 she published A Compendious System of Astronomy.
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