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About this Item

Title

  • Mercury; or, The secret and swift messenger. Shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance.

Other Title

  • Mercury
  • Secret and swift messenger

Names

  • Wilkins, John, 1614-1672.
  • McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
  • George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for Richard Baldwin, 1694.

Headings

  • -  Cryptography

Notes

  • -  This is the third treatise making up the mathematical works of John Wilkins, of which the first is A discovery of a new world, and the second is Mathematical magic. cf. recto of front.
  • -  Publisher's advertisement: 4p. (at end)
  • -  ESTC R7082
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC knj 2019-04-23 no edits (2 cards)

Medium

  • [14], 172, [4] p. front. (port.) diagrs. 16 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Z103 .W68 1694
  • Z103 .W68 1694 Copy 3 Bookplate of Edward Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Fabyan item no. 763.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 11019070

OCLC Number

  • 2198111

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Wilkins, John, Mcmanus-Young Collection, and George Fabyan Collection. Mercury; or, The secret and swift messenger. Shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance. London, Printed for Richard Baldwin, 1694. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/11019070/.

APA citation style:

Wilkins, J., Mcmanus-Young Collection & George Fabyan Collection. (1694) Mercury; or, The secret and swift messenger. Shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance. London, Printed for Richard Baldwin. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/11019070/.

MLA citation style:

Wilkins, John, Mcmanus-Young Collection, and George Fabyan Collection. Mercury; or, The secret and swift messenger. Shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance. London, Printed for Richard Baldwin, 1694. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/11019070/>.