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FIGUIER, [GUILLAUME] LOUIS (1819-1894), Exposition et histoire des principales decouvertes scientifiques modernes.
Tome Premier: Machine a vapeur, bateaux a vapeur, chemins de fer. Tome Deuxieme: Photographie, telegraphie aerienne et electrique, galvanoplastie et dorure chimique, Planete le verrier. Tome Troisieme: Aerostats, eclairage au gaz, etherisation, Poudres. Tome Quatrieme: Machine electrique, bouteille de Leyde, paratonnerre, pile de Volta. Paris: Masson, 1854, 1854, 1854, 1857. 4 volumes. 3rd Edition. [First published in 1851, with the second through fourth editions being considerably expanded with added volumes.] viii+443+[1]; 473+[1]p [iv]+487+[1]; viii+532pp. A few text woodcuts in each volume. 12mo. Contemporary gilt-stamped black morocco with marbled boards & endpapers and raised gilt spine bands. A very good, lightly marked ex-library set with library bookplates, whited spine call numbers, and rubber stamp to the title-pages. First printing of Tome IV, the third edition originally appearing in 1854 in three volumes. Figuier is best known for his works on spiritualism, of which he became an ardent devotee, and alchemy. This work is devoted to the development of industrial arts and technology. Caillet 3919 (2nd edition only). 4 pounds 9.0 ounces = 2.1 kg. 7.1 x 4.7 x 5.6 inches = 17.7 x 11.7 x 14cm. Binding: HB.
Offered for US$ 150.00 by: John Gach Books - Book number: 076489