GANOT Adolphe
professor of mathematics and physics
LECTURE ON THE ORIGINS OF EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED PHYSICS
and
METEREOLOGY...
translated from the French according to the eighth edition
by the students of the Imperial Royal Warsaw Medical and Surgical Academy
under the direction of Stanisław Przystański
Warsaw 1860, published by J. Blaszkowski Bookstore, pp [4], 916, illustrations in the text (woodcuts),format 13 x 19.5 cm
A widely read work on physics and meteorology in the West, whose translation was made wfraz with students by Stanislaw Przystanski (born September 20, 1820 in Warsaw, died November 30, 1887 in Vienna) - Polish physicist and organizer of scientific and educational institutions.
Rare!
HARDCOVER FULL CONTEMPORARY LEATHER. COVERS SURROUNDED BY GILT BORDERING, FLAT SPINE WITH STRIKING EMBOSSING AND GILDING. HAND-DYED MARBLED PAPER ON ENDPAPERS, ALL PAGE EDGES DYED IN THE SAME WAY. COVER INTERIORS FINISHED WITH INTRICATE GILT EMBOSSING.
BDB condition- some rusty spots [foxing] in places, owner's signature on front cover / LITTLE piece.
