Rive Auguste 06b (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Bibliotheque Universalle, Geneve 1833
- Hardcover
Seller: Quiet Friends IOBA, Lyndonville, NY, U.S.A.Quiet Friends IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st thus. VG book. Modern rebind in half brown morocco & marbled paper boards. Lightly foxed text; pre & postlims a bit more so, Published by the Bibliotheque Universelle in 1833, who published most of de la Rive's papers. Publisher's full name was "Bibliotheque universelle des sciences, belle-le…ttres et arts". He became its head in 1836. Book is cited on p.241 (shown on PIX 5) of Soret's 1877 "AUGUSTE DE LE RIVE Notice Biographique". The book is a survey of the knowledge of electricity up to 1833. Rive wrote another comprehensive survey in the 1850s titled "Traite d'electricite theorique et appliquee" It's as widely known as "Esquisse Historique" is not. The Concise Dictionary of Scientific Biography has three sentences on de la Rive, the last being "Was a leader in the Swiss scientific community .". Uncommon. WorldCat finds the hard cover book in only 14 libraries. Rare Book Hub records have no listings. American Book Prices Current show none ever auctioned. ABPC records go back 100+ years. Nor has a copy ever been sold on Ebay. Very Good book. 1st thus. 8"x5", 239 pages, errata slip.
