Figuier, LouisBiblio.com
Figuier, LouisBiblio.com
Les Grandes Inventions Anciennes et Modernes dans les Sciences l'Industrie et les Arts
1861réf. 003020Paris: Librairie L. Hachette et Cie 1861. Hardcover. Good . 4 ii 431 1 p.: 222 in-text and full-page woodcuts; 24 cm. Original black pebble-grain cloth with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-stamped spine title in second compartment; gilt ruled borders in remaining compartments. Blind-ruled borders on both boards. All page edges gilt. White moire endpapers. Dark green ribbon bookmark. Includes inventions in printing engraving lithography and papermaking; gunpowder; the compass; clocks and watches; porcelain pottery and glass; lenses telescopes microscopes photography and stereoscopes; barometers and thermometers; steam and electrical engineering; lighting; hot air balloons; artesian wells and drainage; suspension bridges; and the Jacquard loom. In Good Condition: joints are separating at head of spine for 4 cm. or less; boards are lightly rubbed and soiled; corners heavily rubbed; faint dampstain at head of gutter throughout; pp. 225-240 are browning apparently a different lot of paper; occasional foxing; otherwise clean and tight. Librairie L. Hachette et Cie hardcover
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