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Dr Korsten provides a biographical sketch of Thomas Baker and reconstructs his library of 4300 titles.
"In this modern edition, the long-separated Cambridgeshire and Suffolk entries are published together for the first time, emphasising Dowsing's extensive coverage of the region. A detailed commentary accompanies the Journal, based on an examination of each of the churches he visited. Full use has been made of contemporary records (including those of the Cambridge colleges) to fill out the details of Dowsing's diary entries; maps and photographs graphically illustrate the range and scale of his activities.".
This eight-volume set, published 1817-58 by the Nichols family, is a sequel to John Nichols' Literary Anecdotes (1812-15), and provides a useful source of biographical material on authors and publishers at a time when many of the literary genres we now take for granted were first being developed.
Newton's theology, his study of alchemy, the early reception of Newtonianism, & the history of Newtonian scholarship are topics included in the eleven essays that comprise this volume.