Traite physique et historique de l'aurore boreale.
by MAIRAN, Jean Jacques Dortous de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Joints cracked, so that the front board is attached only by the cords; rubbed at corners; internally clean and crisp.
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Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris:: De l'Imprimerie royale,, 1754.. Second edition, revised and enlarged.. contemporary full mottled calf; gilt spine with raised bands.. Joints cracked, so that the front board is attached only by the cords; rubbed at corners; internally clean and crisp. . 4to,. 17 folding engraved plates; tables. Suite des Memoires de l'Academie royale des sciences, annee M.DCCXXXI.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28015
- Title
- Traite physique et historique de l'aurore boreale.
- Author
- MAIRAN, Jean Jacques Dortous de
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary full mottled calf; gilt spine with raised bands.
- Book Condition
- Used - Joints cracked, so that the front board is attached only by the cords; rubbed at corners; internally clean and crisp.
- Edition
- Second edition, revised and enlarged.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- De l'Imprimerie royale,
- Place of Publication
- Paris:
- Date Published
- 1754.
- Pages
- [12] 570 xxii pp.
- Size
- 4to,
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Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
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- Gilt
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- Cracked
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....