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THE STUDENT and INTELLECTUAL OBSERVER of SCIENCE LITERATURE AND ART

Groombridge & Sons., London, 1868

15x22.5cm. FOUR VOLUMES with Beautiful RED LEATHER spines and corners marbled boards marbled endpapers. Gilt line work and letteriing in gilt and black on the spine. Illustrated with plates in colours and tints, and numerous engravings in wood. . The plates are tissue guarded./ edge pages show as marbled when closed. Each Book described in detail with some of major sections outlined. Book One Section dated 1868 Womanhood in Gaul and Britain Under Celt and Rome. a superb colour plate of Violet Plantain Eater. (Colourful Birds) Progress of Inventions. Contains 486 pages. Book 2 1869 Very interesting Section on Carclaze an Old Cornish Mine with Tissue guarded plate of the mine. New Theories in Chemistry. The Problems of Flight. Meteors in Canada. 488 pages. Book 3 1869 Theory of The Universe . Solar heat as a Motive Power , Carclaze Mine additional notes Darwinism Stone Circles . Eyesight and Microscope. 478 pages. Book 4 1870 Cornish Serpentine Mohammedan History of Egypt. Pascal Forgeries, Gold Coinage. History of Witchcraft 476 pages. Condition all four books binding by Letts and Son London slight rub leather but minimal . Very firm binding. No previous owner marks, ever so slight odd fox end papers. Previous owners bookplate Charles Edward Machintosh with coat of arms which enhances rather than takes away from the book, Superb quality set of Four Volumes. each complete in content on its own. Very Clean.Weight of Each Volume approx 1.4kg so may be extra postage at cost. But this will be kept to a minimum.-------- All books packaged with care and sent off the same day where possible.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Dust Jacket

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