Louis Figuier - Exposition et histoire des principales...

Louis Figuier – Exposition and History of the Principal Modern Scientific Discoveries, Vol. 1 and 2 – 1855 Paris, Victor Masson / Langlois and Leclercq, 1855. Fourth edition. 2 volumes in-12 (vols I and II of IV). Vol. I: Steam Engine – Steamships – Railways. Vol. II: Photography – Aerial and Electric Telegraphy – Electrotyping and Chemical Gilding – Le Verrier’s Planet. Numerous engravings in the text, including a large cut of a locomotive signed C. Pons. Contemporary bindings half brown calf, spine with raised bands ornamented with fillets and gilt compartments, boards marbled paper. Condition: interior fresh, paper clean. Wear to the headbands and raised bands, boards marbled with rubs and small losses at the edge. A good copy of a classic of Second Empire popular science.

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