Le Mouvement Scientifique en Belgique 1830-1905
by [BELGIAN SCIENCE].--
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Schilde, Belgium
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About This Item
Bruxelles,: Oscar Schepens & Cie,, 1907-1908.. 2 volumes, xvii, [i], 514, vi]; [xvi], 681, [v] pp. Large 4to. (23 x 32 cm.). Original printed Jungendstill wrappers over limp boards (designed by Léon Sneyers), uncut and partly unopened (bottom of volume II slightly damaged). Very richly illustrated with hundreds of plates, engraved portraits, maps, views, plans and other illustrations. ¶ A magnificent historic survey of the first 75 years of scientific development in Belgium written by specialist for each subject. The works is divided into 3 main parts: learned societies, sciences and universities. The disciplines life science, natural sciences and exact sciences are extensively described and illustrated. Complete copies, like this one, are rare.-- Finely printed with Art Noveau decorations for each chapter. Copy with ample margins.--(A few leaves detached from the book block).-- This is a heavy (8 kg.) item thus postage is accordingy.
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- Bookseller
- Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books (BE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1477
- Title
- Le Mouvement Scientifique en Belgique 1830-1905
- Author
- [BELGIAN SCIENCE].--
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oscar Schepens & Cie,
- Place of Publication
- Bruxelles,
- Date Published
- 1907-1908.
- Keywords
- belgium belgique belgie science history of science learned societies academies life science fine printing Jungendstill Art Nouveau education universities
- Bookseller catalogs
- history of science;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
Fine and rare books in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the applied arts. Old fashioned printed catalogues and lists available on request.A note on binding conservation. All our ancient leather bindings are carefully cleaned with Brecknell's leather soap, and when needed, treated with hydroxypropylcellulose (in the case of dry leather). Finally we protect the leather with \"Cire 213\", the ultimate binding conservation wax developed by the BNF (Bibliothque nationale de France).
Glossary
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...