Catalogue of the Natural Science & Technical Periodicals in the Libraries in Melbourne

A very scarce bibliography of a wide variety of science periodicals held at Australia's biggest public library, from agriculture to medicine. The second edition of the Catalogue of the Natural Science & Technical Periodicals in the Libraries in Melbourne, a very scarce bibliography of science periodicals found across the global public library, compiled by Australian scientist Thomas Sergeant Hall, with the assistance of E.R. Pitt. Only two institutional copies of this work are available in the UK, held by the Hathi Trust and the British Library. In the publisher's original green cloth. One of the first public libraries, Melbourne Public Library, now State Library Victoria, remains among the biggest libraries across the globe and this comprehensive catalgoue reflects the great volume of works it housed then and today. Despite being a Murchison Fund winning geologist, this catalogue stretches across the sciences from agriculture to medicine. In the publisher's original green cloth. Externally, mostly smart, with faint fading marks to boards. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Faint offsetting to end papers, a little heavier to rear free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with slight age toning to leaf extremities, and a faint spot to the rare leaf. Very Good. …