Author: [Miller.Wm}]
Title: THE PARLOUR BOOK or conversations on Science and the Arts
Description: London, Darton & son circa 1835 hand coloured lithographed frontis +15 litho. Plates and text engravings as well as tailpieces throughout. . 143x111mm original yellow pictorial boards with family being shown a globe & rear cover showing a demonstration at a lecture hall (later yellow paper spine/tips worn to corners & illustrations rubbed) [Halftitle +frontispiece +titlepage + [8pp=Preface & Contents] + 274pp + [2pp =catalogue of books for sale.] Endpapers marked and with surface abrasions.Inscription partly crossed out and showing pressure marks to Frontis. Plates foxed despite all tissue guards in place. Only 4 libraries listing this title

Keywords: Science trades Astronomy


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