David Stevenson
Ashgate
Hardback
330
2007
This volume provides a complete modern edition of the letters written by Sir Robert Moray to Alexander Bruce Earl of Kincardine between 1657 and 1673. The letters range widely across subjects including medicine horology politics current affairs industry fishing heraldry freemasonry literature and symbolism and display Moray's knowledge of many subjects and authors. As one of the most active founding members of the Royal Society Moray's letters provide a fascinating insight into the attitudes and aspirations of the scientific community in seventeenth-century Britain.
Ashgate
Hardback
330
2007
This volume provides a complete modern edition of the letters written by Sir Robert Moray to Alexander Bruce Earl of Kincardine between 1657 and 1673. The letters range widely across subjects including medicine horology politics current affairs industry fishing heraldry freemasonry literature and symbolism and display Moray's knowledge of many subjects and authors. As one of the most active founding members of the Royal Society Moray's letters provide a fascinating insight into the attitudes and aspirations of the scientific community in seventeenth-century Britain.