A set of instruments
Date
late 17th - early 18th century
Creator
John Savage (British) , Engraver
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
f89 p301
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 271mm
width (page): 184mm
width (page): 184mm
Subject
Description
This engraving depicts and advertisement for 'A Set of Instruments' that can be used for travel and fit inside a pocket, though can be commissioned at different scales. The engraving depicts an image of each instrument along with a description of its use. This print is included among the papers collected by Robert Southwell. At the back of the print, a contemporary hand has added a title, 'Parson's his case of instruments'.
Transcription
A Set of Instruments; Compleated in a very small compasse for the Pockett, Travelling &c; Delightfull for all Gentlemen in the Cleaning their own Arms, & Usefull in any small Work: And may be Contracted, or Enlarged if itt be desired to any other size, or Number.
On back: Col. Parson's his Case of Instruments
Bottom right corner: J. Savage Sculpt.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
On back: Col. Parson's his Case of Instruments
Bottom right corner: J. Savage Sculpt.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
This manuscript was sold at Sotheby's in June 1893 (Phillips sale) and acquired by the Royal Society from a purchaser of that lot. Some of the material is signed by Robin Bacon, who was also Robert Boyle's scribe (see William Poole, 'Sir Robert Southwell's Dialogue on Thomas Burnet's Theory of the Earth: "C & S Discourse of Mr Burnett's Theory of the Earth" (1684): Contexts and an Edition', The Seventeenth Century, 23 (2008), 72-104).
Related fellows
Robert Southwell (1635 - 1702, British) , Diplomat
Associated place