Shelfmark
Fl.9.16(06)
Title
A true and particular account of a storm of thunder & lightning, which fell at Richmond in Surrey, on Whit Sunday last in the afternoon, being May 20th, 1711. With an exact description, on a copper-plate, of the hurt done by it, both to the persons of the kill'd and wounded and the building on which it fell. Whereunto are added Some short Hints concerning the Nature, Causes, and Effects of Thunder and Lightning; and some Practical Reflections upon the Whole.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : printed for John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall., 1711.
Physical description
23, [1] p., plate ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Note
Price from imprint: price 4 d.
Citation/references note
ESTC, T84070
Provenance
Booklabel of Nicholas Mann, recording donation to Eton College in 1754.
Binding
18th century; inboard binding; sewn; paper boards; tight spine with five raised bands; full cover of tanned sprinkled calf; Cambridge style blind panelled covers; endbands; endleaves; cut red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Bound in a volume of pamphlets.
Copy-specific note
Previusly Dg.6.14.
Copy-specific note
Ms. contents list on front free endpaper verso.
Subject
Electrical injuries.
Subject
Lightning Early works to 1800.
Subject
Thunderstorms England London.
Subject
Thunderstorms England Richmond (Surrey).
Added entry--name
Morphew, John bookseller.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B42330