Published by Victor Masson, Paris, 1860
First Edition
Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Condition: Very Good Condition. First Edition. 2 volumes in quarter black calf over marbled boards. Ownership stamps to titles, otherwise clean. 512pp with 3 folding plates; 512pp with 4 folding plates. One plate of a telegraph. Includes a letter from Pasteur entitles "Lettre adressée par M. Pasteur aux redacteurs des Annales de chimie et de physique" which is observations on an article by Perkin and Duppa on tartaric and succinic acids. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 044850.
Published by Victor Masson et Fils, Paris, 1870
First Edition
Hardcover (Half Leather). Condition: Good Condition. First Edition. 4 volumes bound in uniform half calf over watered silk, surface scratches to boards, wear at edges and rubbing to spines, but bindings generally sound. Comprising all of 1870, 871, 1872 and 1873. 1870: 516pp; 5400pp; 482pp with 3 folding plates. 1871: 512pp; 480pp; 446pp with 4 folding plates (missing 1 from final tome) 1872: 576pp; 576pp; 583pp with 5 folding plates 1873: 580pp; 575pp; 576pp with 9 plates. Occasional light dampstaining to page and plates edges, a few plates with some discoloration; generally clean internally. Including Achille Cazin's work on gases, Janssen's study of the 1871 eclipse (with plate), Boussingault microscopic study of milk and butter (with a detailed plate), a dramatic plate of studies of a tin molecule, and a great deal more. An invaluable record of an interesting time for science. Size: Octavo (8vo). 4-volume set (complete). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 042719.