Hachette 1870-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. vii 446 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contemporary 1/4 red leather over marbled boards. Hinges cracked down spine. Institutional stamps of L'Association Catholique Lowell Mass. Numerous engraved plates. Ouvrage illustre de 30 scenes de la vie de l'homme primitif composees par Emile Bayard et de 232 figures representant les objets usuels des premiers ages de l'humanite dessinees Delahaye. Louis Figuier was a French science writer. His anthropological work was influenced by Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin. Viewed from a modern lens Figuier could justly be classified as scientific racism. Hachette hardcover
Paris: Librairie Hachette 1872. Leather. Very Good. 10" by 6.5". Karl Girardet. A leather bound copy of La Terre et le Mers ou Description Physique du Globe with colour maps. A fourth edition copy. In the original French.La Terre et le Mers ou Description Physique du Globe is a volume exploring the land and sea and the physicality of the globe. With nineteen maps and one hundred and ninety five vignettes by Karl Girardet including a colour frontispiece.Collated complete. In full calf binding. Externally smart with some rubbing to the joints and spine marks to the boards. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with some scattered spots throughout. Very Good Librairie Hachette hardcover
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie 1864. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Mm. Karl Girdardet. A French work on the Earth and its physical qualities by Louis Figuier illustrated with vignettes and plates. Written by Louis Figuier a French writer and scientist.With the ownership bookplate and inscription of John Bunce as well as J. D. Dewar.Illustrated with a frontispiece fourteen colour maps and with vignettes throughout by Mm. Karl Girardet as well as twenty plates.In the original French language.Collated complete. In a quarter crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart; a little bumped to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally binding is generally firm; slight straining to the front hinge at the half title. Pages are occasionally slightly spotted. Very Good Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
Paris Librairie de L; Hachette et Cie 1866. Hardcover. Good. 1866. 592 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Printed in French. Book has been rebound by library with expected inserts stamps and inscriptions. Pages are clean and bright with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn slight shelf wear to corners spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Paris Librairie de L; Hachette et Cie hardcover
Paris Librairie Hachette et Cie 1874. In/4 reliure demi-chagrin rouge dos à nerfs à fleurons et titres dorés frontispice 659 pages. chromolithographie 206 illustrations dessinées par Karl Girardet Lebreton ect.en noir et 19 cartes de géographie physique. Cinquième édition. Situation du globe terrestre dans l'espace Forme et dimensions du globe terrestre Reliefs du globe Les montagnes Les vallées Les plaines Les déserts Température du globe Avalanches Les glaciers Les tremblements de terre Les volcans Les eaux douces Sources Fontaines Grottes Cavernes Rivières Fleuves Inondations Lacs étangs Les mers etc. unknown
Paris: Hachette 1866 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 10" by 7". Not Stated. Illustrated throughout this is the highly informative first edition of Louis Figuier's scientific analysis of zoophytes and molluscs. In the original French.The first edition of this work part of the 'Tableau de le Nature' series of works on natural history.Louis Figuier presents a scientific discussion of the life and habits of zoophytes and molluscs.Illustrated with a frontispiece and 385 vignette figures and engravings.With an alphabetically arranged index to the rear. Rebound in paper covered boards. Bumping and losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Back strip age toned as are board perimeters. Joint tails starting with boards firmly held. Internally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned with spotting throughout. Good Hachette hardcover