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A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
de HERSCHEL, John Frederick William
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- G-VG for age
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Tunbridge Wells , Kent, United Kingdom
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London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, John Taylor, 1831. 1st Edition . Hardcover. G-VG for age. Issued in Dionysius Lardner's 'The Cabinet of Natural Philosophy' series. Brown boards with fairly recent light brown cloth spine, no lettering. 12 (pub. list) + viii, inc engraved t.p. dated 1830 with central fig. of Bacon + 372 + printed Lardner series t.p. dated 1831 with John Taylor as added publisher; 2 prev.owners' sigs to fr. paste-down dated 1869, 1971 plus very chipped and dark fragment of oiginal sp. title tipped in on light yellow slip attached to top edge, slight opening to top gutter between viii/1, otherwise remarkably clean and tight for age though some gatherings protruding as produced, touch of dustiness to top edge. Aesthetically the main fault is unlettered re-backed covers. A classic document from a key transitional period in the physical sciences. 11 cm x 18 cm
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- Douglas Books
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- 013496
- Título
- A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
- Autor
- HERSCHEL, John Frederick William
- Formato/Encuadernación
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- Estado del libro
- Usado - G-VG for age
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, John Taylor
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1831
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- history of science philosophy of science early 19th century science
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