COSMOS: A SKETCH OF A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE [2 Volumes]
by von Humboldt, Alexander; Otte, E. C. [Translator]
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About This Item
Volume I 369, 40 pages. Volume II 373, 16 pages. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378698. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
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- 1378698
- Title
- COSMOS: A SKETCH OF A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE [2 Volumes]
- Author
- von Humboldt, Alexander; Otte, E. C. [Translator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1849
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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