Tennyson & Contemporary Science: Herschel’s Preliminary Discourse, A Book That Got Away

Discusses the rediscovery, provenance, and authenticity of the copy of John Herschel's Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy (1831), with an ownership inscription by Tennyson dated 1843, and marginal markings on multiple pages, that was previously only known from a brief catalogue description for a 1924 auction.

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Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina)
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2025-12-06
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History and Developments in Astronomy
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Tennyson & Contemporary Science: Herschel’s Preliminary Discourse, A Book That Got Away

Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina)
History and Developments in Astronomy
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Tennyson & Contemporary Science: Herschel’s Preliminary Discourse, A Book That Got Away

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Abstract

Discusses the rediscovery, provenance, and authenticity of the copy of John Herschel's Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy (1831), with an ownership inscription by Tennyson dated 1843, and marginal markings on multiple pages, that was previously only known from a brief catalogue description for a 1924 auction.

Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina)
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