First year of scientific knowledge / translated by Josephina Clayton (Madame Paul Bert)

Bert, Paul. First year of scientific knowledge / translated by Josephina Clayton (Madame Paul Bert). Third edition. London: Relfe Brothers, 1886. Hardback, FAIR. Blue boards, bumped to corners, with shelfwear to edges and a few marks and blemishes, the spine cracked and worn. Binding firm, beginning to crack along the front gutter. Press reviews to front pastedown. Light foxing to prelims. Ownership signatures to verso of half-title and title. 344pp. + 4pp. publisher catalogue, b/w illustrations throughout. Some light foxing, otherwise the contents clean and bright. Paul Bert (17 October 1833 – 11 November 1886) was a French zoologist, physiologist and politician. After about 1880, he produced several elementary textbooks of scientific instruction and also various publications on educational and allied subjects. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. We do not use AI and all images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.…