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University of California Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very good plus condition with text clean & binding tight / chipped and worn dust jacket. 333pp.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very good condition/good. 333 p. port. 24 cm.

Berkeley & Los Angeles: University Of California Press. Fine. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 0520370562 . 333 pp., portrait frontis; 8vo; cloth, in price-clipped jacket. Wilkins was in turns or in tandem a theologian, scientist, Warden of Oxford College, science-fiction writer, linguist, entrepeneur, bishop, politician, and a founding member of the Royal Society. Near Fine , with protective mylar wrap .

University of California Press. Used - Very Good. 1969. First Edition. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Octavo. 333 pp. Some shelf wear and creasing to dust jacket. Price clipped. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: England).

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969.. 8vo., 333 pp., Very Good, Red Cloth, Dust Jacket with staining, small tears, rubbing, ink scribbles on FFEP, some edge wear, shelf wear.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969. 1st ed. . Red Cloth. Fine/Good. 15.5 Cms x 23 Cms. f/piece+unpaginated prelims+333, internally clean, tight and unmarked in clean, bright, unworn covers; unclipped jacket clean but short tears either side bottom spine, small triangular chip centre top back and with virtually no edge-wear, there is however an only partially visible internally repaired tear extending from top spine across to centre of back, with numrous minor rubbings. will internally close tears and add protrctive sleeve when ordered. Important biography of Wilkins whose early scientific work included speculations about possibility of life on the Moon, who played an important role in the Royal Society and who is now best remembered for his extraordinary 'An Essays Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language' (1668), he also wrote on mathematics and, being a bishop, on religion. He spent most of his life at Oxford where he became Warden of Wadham… Leer más

Berkeley And Los Angeles: University of California Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. Edition in Near Fine condition with rubbing to the edgew in a Very Good clipped dust-jacket with edgewear; John Wilkins is an important figure in the history of mathematics and natural philosophy. He was the first person to propose a system of philosophical mathematics, and he is also credited with the first published description of a reflecting telescope. Barbara J. Shapiroprovides a comprehensive biography of Wilkins, exploring his life and work in depth. This biography is an essential resource for anyone interested in the history of science and mathematics.; 8vo; 333 pages; FSA .

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1969. 1st ed. . Red Cloth. Fine-/VG(-). 15.5 Cms x 23 Cms. f/piece+unpaginated prelims+333, previous owner's small gilt label top front pastedown which also has a small trivial mark of indeterminate nature, otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked in clean, bright, unworn covers; unclipped jacket in protective sleeve as acquired is clean with virtually no edge-wear, there is however an only partially visible internally repaired tear extending from top spine across to centre of back, slight associated rubbing to top spine and possible short spur from tear to front spine edge, this all now quite effectively 'muffled' if not hidden. Important biography of Wilkins whose early scientific work included speculations about possibility of life on the Moon, who played an important role in the Royal Society and who is now best remembered for his extraordinary 'An Essays Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language'… Leer más

Hardback. New.

University of California Press, 2021-07-29. hardcover. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing