The Panorama of Science, or Guide to Knowledge
by Grant, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Dublin: James M'Glashan, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 320 pages engraved frontis illustrations of a balloon rising .The contents clean and tight, small armorial bookplate of Roddam.J.Roddam to the front paste down, some occasional lining to blank margin of text.. Publishers blind stamped cloth boards with ornate gilt decorated spine very small bruise mark to centre of the spine.The binding clean and tight with no splits or chips.An attractive copy covering s light, heat, astronomy, mechanics, pneumatics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, balloon construction, magnetism, electricity, galvanism, geology, thermometer construction, chemistry, physiognomy, and craniology etc
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003455
- Title
- The Panorama of Science, or Guide to Knowledge
- Author
- Grant, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- James M'Glashan
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1849
- Keywords
- science
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall
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