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Leipzig,: Johann Ambrosius Barth,, 1879.. [vi], 937, [i, blank], [ii, publ. adds] pp. With 40 figures in the text. 8vo (15 x 22 cm.). Contemporary half brown morocco (hingles reinforced), spine with 4 raised bands, gilt lettered. ** A classic on the subject. Poggendorff studied at the University of Berlin and spent his entire teaching career there. Invented a… Read more about this item

Bruxelles,: Oscar Schepens & Cie,, 1907-1908.. 2 volumes, xvii, [i], 514, vi]; [xvi], 681, [v] pp. Large 4to. (23 x 32 cm.). Original printed Jungendstill wrappers over limp boards (designed by Léon Sneyers), uncut and partly unopened (bottom of volume II slightly damaged). Very richly illustrated with hundreds of plates, engraved portraits, maps, views, plans and other illustrations. ¶… Read more about this item

London.,: Watts & Co,, (1943).. [vi], 65 pp. Small 8vo (12,5 x 18,5 cm.). Original printed wrappers. ¶ Contributions by Bernal, Shoenberg, Ruhemann, Needham, Walton, Clarke and Tyrrell.

Paris,: Gauthier-Villars,, 1924.. [ii, blank], xxiv, 101, [iii] pp. 8vo (13,5 x 21 cm.). Original printed wrappers, uncut. ¶ A nice clean copy. The great astronomer, Eddington, "was the first intreperter of Einstein's relativity theory in English (1918), and made his own contributions to its development; Einstein considered Eddington's 'Mathematical Theory of Relativity" (1923) the finest presentation of… Read more about this item

Paris,: Librairie des Sciences et des Arts,, 1938.. [iv, blank], xii, 330, [vi, blank] pp. Royal 8vo. (18.5 x 25.5 cm.). Original printed wrappers (spine slightly worn and stained), uncut and unopened. With a portrait of Berthelot and several illustrations. This standard work was originally published by Steinheil in 1888. Extensive "table analytique" and index.

Zutphen,: Thieme,, 1945.. viii, 268 pp. 8vo. With numerous illustrations.

Amsterdam-Rotterdam, 1978-1993.. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Richly illustrated. 17 issues of the series as follows: vol. I (1978) 1-3; Vol. X (1987) 1-3; Vol. XI (1988) 1-4; Vol. XII (1989) 1-3; Vol. XIII (1990) 1; Vol. XV (1992) 1-2; Vol. XVI (1993) 1.

New York,: Querido,, 1943.. xvii, 373 pp. 8vo (14,5 x 21 cm.). Original publisher's cloth with dust-jacket (jacket slightly frayed along the edges). With a frontispiece (Grotius) and 12 plates. Published in exil during the Nazi occupation of the Low Countries. Very good copy.