Author: NEEDHAM, JOSEPH; PING-YU, HO (COLLABORATOR); GWEI-DJEN, LU (COLLABORATOR); SIVIN, NATHAN (CONTRIBUTOR)
Title: Science and Civilisation in China, Volume V: Chemistry and Technology; Part IV: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Apparatus, Theories and Gifts
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 9780521085731). Hardcover. Used, Hardcover first edition with unclipped dust jacket. Boards quarter bound in black cloth, with cloth sides blocked with a print from a painted paper scroll. Includes 164 illustrations and 7 tables. Jacket spine is tanned and has a watermark to spine foot, jacket edges lightly worn, with light foxing to front and rear and an ink mark to front inner flap. Board edges lightly worn, spine cocked. Foxing to page block, page edges, prelims and to a few internal pages. Previous owner's name penned to FEP, otherwise contents are unmarked throughout. AD. Very Good.

Keywords: 9780521085731


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