Treatise on Optics
by Brewster, David; appendix by A D Bache
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Upperco, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, Philadelphia, ca. 1835. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, black cloth. Fair condition. LACKS title page. paper spine title label worn, though complete. binding rough.contents shaken, text complete. sliight scattered foxing throughout. 323 pp., + 88 page Appendix. Not pretty, but a complete and readable early edition
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- Bookseller
- Tiber Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1181228.23
- Title
- Treatise on Optics
- Author
- Brewster, David; appendix by A D Bache
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, Philadelphia
- Date Published
- ca. 1835
- Keywords
- Experimental, History, Microscopy, Optical, Physics, Science,
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Upperco, Maryland
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- Fair
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