The astrolabes of the world : based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection of the old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, with notes on astrolabes in the collections of the British Museum, Science Museum, Sir J. Findlay, Mr S.V. Hoffman
The astrolabes of the world : based upon the series of instruments in the Lewis Evans Collection of the old Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, with notes on astrolabes in the collections of the British Museum, Science Museum, Sir J. Findlay, Mr S.V. Hoffman...
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Seller's Description:
Good. Large 4to. Two Volumes. Cloth, no dj. White cloth with gilt decorations on front boards. 609 continuously numbered pp. Ex-library copy with accompanying stamps, bookplates and cardholders. Scuffing to cloth of both volumes; spines sun-darkened, creased at ends, with patches of discoloration from removed labels just above tails. Top corner of first volume's rear board also creased, slightly turned-in. Second volume's front hinge cracked, exposing gauze, but binding remains sound. Else fine. A lavishly illustrated set with bright, clean internals, in otherwise very good condition. Good.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. 1932. Two Volumes. Cloth, tall 4to, 609 pp. (in 2 volumes), illus. Gilt-stamped decorations on front covers. Spines sun-darkened; heel of vol. 1 somewhat frayed; extremities rubbed generally. A lengthy ownership inscription and a sale brochure from 1964 in vol. 1. Also a few other, more discreet owenership markings. Overall, a sound copy of a very scarce set. (Subject: History of Science. )
