Taking Newton on tour : the Grand Tour travel diary of Martin Folkes (1690-1754) /

"This volume provides a critical edition of an exceptional example of the 'Scientific Grand Tour' taken by Martin Folkes. Martin Folkes (1690-1754) was Newton's proťǧ, antiquary, mathematician, and the only simultaneous president of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquarie...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754, Roos, Anna Marie Eleanor (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Rochester, NY ; published by the Boydell Press for the Hakluyt Society : Boydell & Brewer Inc., 2025.
Series:Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 3rd ser., no. 45.
Subjects:

MARC

Tag First Indicator Second Indicator Subfields
LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 in00005675729
005 20260117201817.2
008 250819t20252025enkabfh b 001 0aeng c
040 |a UKMGB  |b eng  |e rda  |c UKMGB  |d BDX  |d OCLCO  |d BUF  |d PSC  |d NJR  |d BUB  |d OCLCO  |d HUL  |d OCLCO  |d CUS  |d RBN  |d OCLCO  |d BNG  |d BUB  |d BUF  |d CUV  |d IUL  |d TOH  |d OCLCO 
020 |a 9781916931190 
020 |a 1916931197  |q (hardcover) 
024 8 |a CIPO000283806 
035 |a (OCoLC)1539297880 
042 |a pcc 
043 |a e-uk---  |a e------ 
050 4 |a G161.H2  |b 3rd ser. no.45 
050 4 |a Q143.F446  |b A3 2025 
082 0 4 |a 509.2  |2 23 
245 0 0 |a Taking Newton on tour :  |b the Grand Tour travel diary of Martin Folkes (1690-1754) /  |c edited by Anna Marie Roos. 
246 3 0 |a Grand Tour travel diary of Martin Folkes (1690-1754) 
264 1 |a London :  |b published by the Boydell Press for the Hakluyt Society :  |a Rochester, NY ;  |b Boydell & Brewer Inc.,  |c 2025. 
264 4 |c ©2025 
300 |a xix, 259 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps ;  |c 25 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
336 |a still image  |b sti  |2 rdacontent 
336 |a cartographic image  |b cri  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
490 1 |a Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;  |v Third series, no. 45 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-238) and index. 
520 |a "This volume provides a critical edition of an exceptional example of the 'Scientific Grand Tour' taken by Martin Folkes. Martin Folkes (1690-1754) was Newton's proťǧ, antiquary, mathematician, and the only simultaneous president of the Royal Society and the Society of Antiquaries. In 1733-5, he went on Grand Tour as a scientific ambassador for the Royal Society, demonstrating Newtonian optics to Italian virtuosi. He also measured ancient and Renaissance buildings to understand past architectural engineering and design. His 97-page illustrated diary (in the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford, shelfmark MS Eng. misc.c.444) also challenges the long-standing, mistaken impression among scholars that the Royal Society was in decline in the eighteenth century. Analysing Folkes's activities abroad and creating an edition from this source tracing his Italian route provides a novel reading of Newtonianism and the purpose of the Grand Tour as a vehicle for scientific research and statesmanship"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
600 1 0 |a Folkes, Martin,  |d 1690-1754  |x Travel  |z Europe. 
600 1 0 |a Folkes, Martin,  |d 1690-1754  |v Diaries. 
650 0 |a Scientists  |z Great Britain  |y 18th century  |v Diaries. 
650 0 |a Grand tours (Education)  |y 18th century. 
650 6 |a Tours d'Europe (Éducation)  |0 (CaQQLa)201-0361924  |y 18e siècle.  |0 (CaQQLa)201-0373669 
655 7 |a diaries.  |2 aat  |0 (CStmoGRI)aatgf300027112 
655 7 |a Diaries  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01423794 
655 7 |a Diaries.  |2 lcgft 
655 7 |a Journaux intimes.  |2 rvmgf  |0 (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000001057 
700 1 2 |a Folkes, Martin,  |d 1690-1754.  |t Works.  |k Selections. 
700 1 |a Roos, Anna Marie Eleanor,  |e editor.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjx4Wj6v8fBHDDc3HWvDtq  |1 https://isni.org/isni/0000000039977477 
710 2 |a Hakluyt Society,  |e issuing body.  |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7Jmpp4Mw3rHqbYqFTtjRg 
830 0 |a Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;  |v 3rd ser., no. 45.  |x 0072-9396 
852 8 |b POD  |z This title is available for the library to purchase for your use. Click the "Purchase It For Me" button to place a request. This item will take 5-10 business days to arrive. 
955 |a Print PDA title 
961 |m 565730 
999 f f |i a933a6c1-f1eb-409a-8dfc-95e3817df073  |s 2ba46a0b-1d65-4279-b646-4902456c357f  |t 0 
952 f f |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Sterling C. Evans Library  |s Evans POD  |d Purchase on Demand  |t 0  |e G161.H2 3rd ser. no.45  |h Library of Congress classification 
998 f f |a G161.H2 3rd ser. no.45  |t 0  |l Purchase on Demand