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Very good(-) 2 volumes. Translated by E. Atkinson. Introduction by Professor Tyndall. Illustrated in black and white. 348, 8vos, attractively designed but worn olive green cloth with pictorial gilt stamping (darkened overall and scrape on back cover of vol. 1.). London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1884. A very good(-) set. "A new edition." Previous bookseller's and owner's various plates, notes, and stamps on preliminary pages.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Medium brown cloth 8vo with blind borders on boards and decorative gilt borders and gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners and fair amount of fraying, with several small splits in backstrip seams. Brown end papers. Split hinges. Interior is secure, clean and clear save for a fair amount of foxing. Illustrated. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 850grams, ISBN:
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Not Stated. Very Good Indeed. A very bright copy of Hermann von Helmholtz's collection of scientific lectures, illustrated with in-text engravings, A new edition. Incomplete in one volume, being the first volume of two. A collection of lectures on science delivered by Hermann von Helmholtz. The lectures vary in subjects, discussing natural sciences, Goethe's scientific researches, the physiological causes of harmony in music, and more. Originally written by H. Helmholtz. Helmholtz was a German physician and physicist, known for his contributions to several scientific fields in physiology and phycology, physics, and philosophy. Illustrated with numerous in-text engravings. Translated by E. Atkinson. With a half-title. With two pages of publisher's adverts to the front. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd scattered spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Some pages are uncut to the fore edge. Very Good Indeed.