| RefNo | CLP/16/54 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Paper, regarding a description of an antique metal stamp by Cromwell Mortimer |
| Date | [1738] |
| Description | Mortimer writes: 'Since arts and sciences, especially statuary and sculpture were arrived at so great perfection when the Roman Empire was in its glory, as the many beautifull statues, the exquisite intaglias and fine medalls, which time hath handed down to us, do sufficiently evince; it is much to be wonder'd at that they never hit upon the method of printing books.' He goes on to describe in detail a small brass stamp which may have been used to mark earthen vessels. Includes figures of the stamp and its imprint.
Subject: Antiquities / Printing
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The description of an antique metal stamp, in the collection of his Grace Charles Duke of Richmond, Lenox and Aubigny, F. R. S. &c. being one of the instances, how near the Romans had arrived to the art of printing; with some remarks by C. Mortimer, M. D. fellow of the College of Physicians, and Secr. R. S. Lond' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0066 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |
| NA8418 | Lennox; Charles (1701 - 1750); 2nd Duke of Richmond and Lennox | 1701 - 1750 |