POPULAR SCIENTIFIC RECREATIONS

£60.00

Author: TISSANDIER GASTON
Place, Publisher, Date: LONDON, WARD, LOCK AND CO., 1890
Binding: HARDBACK
Condition: VERY GOOD
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Description

ENLARGED EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN A GLASSINE PROTECTED DUSTWRAP. A STOREHOUSE OF INSTRUCTION AND AMUSEMENT IN WHICH THE MARVELS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY. ASTRONOMY ETC., ARE EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED, MAINLY BY MEANS OF PLEASING EXPERIMENTS AND ATTRACTIVE PASTIMES. NEARLY 900 ENGRAVINGS.  SCHOOL PRIZE BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN.