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OEUVRES DE FRANÇOIS ARAGO. DEUXIÈME ÉDITION. MISE AU COURANT DES PROGRÈS DE LA SCIENCE PAR J.-A. BARRAL
by Arago, Dominique François Jean (1786-1853)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
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Paris: LIBRAIRIE DES SCIENCES NATURELLES THÉODORE MORGAND. Very Good+. 1865-72. Second Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author's son, Emmanuel Arago, on the front endpaper of Vol 1. Handsome binding in brown morocco over marbled boards. Five spine band with gilt decoration & lettering. Marbled endpapers. Slim green silk bookmark in each volume. All internal & external hinges tight & intact. Pages clean with only a rare brown spot except vol 10 has light foxing on first & last 10-20 leaves. Vols 1-3: NOTICES BIOGRAPHIQUES: ([4]-xxxii-638pp) ; ([4]-703pp) ; ([4]-628 pp. ). Vols 4-8: NOTICES SCIENTIFIQUES: ([4]-iv-715pp) ; ([4]-676pp) ; ([4]-707pp) ; ([4]-610pp) ; ([4]-658 pp). Charts & b/w figural drawings. Vols 9: VOYAGES SCIENTIFIQUES: ([4]-644 pp. ). Vols 10-11: MÉMOIRES SCIENTIFIQUES: ([4]-602pp) ; ([4]-756 pp) ; b/w figural drawings & charts. Vol 12: Mélanges: ([4]-740 pp). Vols. 13-16: ASTRONOMIE POPULAIRE: ([4]-xii-559pp) : [4]-554pp) : ([4]-635pp) ; ([4]-854pp-[2]) ; 362 figural drawings including full-page, double-page & fold-out. This set is consequtively numbered (1-16) , but was bound without the volume "Tables" that is found in many other Works of Arago. General Science, Astronomy, Mathematics. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17814
- Title
- OEUVRES DE FRANÇOIS ARAGO. DEUXIÈME ÉDITION. MISE AU COURANT DES PROGRÈS DE LA SCIENCE PAR J.-A. BARRAL
- Author
- Arago, Dominique François Jean (1786-1853)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- LIBRAIRIE DES SCIENCES NATURELLES THÉODORE MORGAND
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1865-72
- Keywords
- General Science
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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