Lardner d rev (2 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green 1831
- Hardcover
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Anbieter: David Rigby - Rare Textile Books, Stockport, , Vereinigtes KönigreichDavid Rigby - Rare Textile Books
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EUR 119,41
EUR 23,19 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. There was a later shorter US edition in 1832. From 1827 the polymath Rev. Dionysius Lardner, a Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at the newly-founded University College London, published 133 volumes in his series The Cabinet Cyclopeadia aimed at the wide dissemination of kn…owledge and skills, particularly scientific. Each volume was written by an expert in the relevant field. This volume on silk, part of the sub-series The Cabinet of Useful Arts, includes a history of silk and the latest production methods, and was written by George Richardson Porter, a statistician at the Board of Trade and later its joint Secretary. He helped to form the Royal Statistical Society and became its Treasurer. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. (i) - (xiv), including a list of 39 Wood Engravings and 7pp of Contents. 339pp including 12pp of notes and an 8pp Index. Rebound with a calf spine with gilt title and date, and marbled boards. Some foxing on the first title page and its reverse side but otherwise Very Good. Size: 7 x 4.5. Copyright: David Rigby.
Weitere BilderVerlag: Carey & Lea, Philadelphia 1831
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Anbieter: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, USARulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
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EUR 112,68
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First Edition. First edition, 12mo, pp. [5], iv-viii, 287, [3]; engraved vignette title page, 21 composite engraved plates at the back; original pink muslin-backed boards, printed paper label on spine; spine sunned, tear entering from the margin of leaf 15-1 (no loss of letterpress); all else very good. With the ownership signat…ure of "J. B. Woolworth / 1831" on the front free endpaper. Issued in the publisher's Cabinet of Philosophy series.
