8 VOLUMES FIRST EDITIONS EX UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SMALL QUARTO RECENT BINDING IN BLUE BUCKRAM NEW ENDPAPERS. A VERY NICE SET. EACH VOLUME CONTAINS A BOOKPLATE AND METAL SECURITY STRIP TO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. ON THE REAR PASTEDOWN THERE IS A TICKET POUCH WITH A LABEL TO THE REAR END PAGE. THE SPINE OF EACH VOLUMES HAS ‘AK 6’ IN GILT. THE CONTENTS ARE CLEAN AND TIGHTLY BOUND. THE EIGHT VOLUMES COVER: 1. 1666-89. 2. 1699-1710. 3. 1711-20. 4. 1721-30. 5. 1731-40. 6. 1741-50. 7. 1751-60. 8. 1761-70. A NICE SET OF SCARCE BOOKS.
Author:
DEMOURS M.
Place, Publisher, Date:
PARIS, PAR LA COMAGNIE DES LIBRAIRIES, 1734 - 1774
WITH LUCUBRATIUNCULA DE FORMATIONE CREMENTO ET COLORIBUS TESTARUM TENTAMEN…. 177 PAGES PLUS INDEX. ALSO QUAE SUNT COCHLIDUM ET CONCHARUM (44 PAGES). ALSO COMMENTARIOLUM IN LOCUM PLINII (16 PAGES). 12 PLATES OF SHELLS. BOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH RAISED BANDS. ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE. THE BOARDS ARE PITTED AND THE PAGES ARE VERY BROWNED. NEVERTHELESS COMPLETE AND TIGHTLY BOUND.
VERY GOOD COPY IN SLIGHTLY GRUBBY AND REPAIRED DUSTWRAP. FOREWORD BY SIR GEORGE THOMSON.PREVIOUS OWNER`S NAME ON F.E.P. ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS.
NEW HARDBACK BOOK – MINT/MINT. THIS UNUSUAL AND STIMULATING BOOK ON GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DESCRIBES THEORY AND OBSERVATIONS IN LAYMEN`S LANGUAGE MIXED WITH HISTORY SCIENCE POLITICS CONTROVERSY AND PERSONALITIES. BEYOND THE SINGLE TOPIC OF GAMMA-RAY BURSTS IT ILLUSTRATES THE CHAOTIC WAY WHICH SCIENCE USUALLY FOLLOWS BY SHOWING NOT ONLY THE SUCCESSES BUT THE MANY FALSO STARTS WHICH NEVERTHELESS HELP THE PROCESS.
