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HLwd. der Zeit. Regensburg, Pustet, 1892. 8°. XVI, 135 S. mit Abbildungen. HLwd. der Zeit. Exlibris. Bibliotheks - Exemplar. Sehr gut erhalten. Sprache: ger/deu Exlibris. Bibliotheks - Exemplar. Sehr gut erhalten.

Condition: Good. London 1910 Memoirs of British Astron. Assoc. 34pp., 2 plates; blue wraps. Good plus.

Condition: VG. London 1903 Memoirs of British Astron. Assoc. pp. 35-84, 2 plates; blue wraps. VG.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Windle (1858-1929), an anatomist by training, was President (1904-1919) of Queen's College, later University College, Cork where he was in the words of the historian of the University, John A. Murphy, "an outstanding, energetic, creative, and visionary president". He subsequently became philosophy professor, specialising in the relationship of science and Christian philosophy, at St Michael's Catholic College in the University of Toronto. Windle contributes essays on Nicolaus Stensen (1638-1687) and Thomas Dwight (1843-1911). The others are Thomas Linacre (1460-1524) by J.P. Pye; Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) by James J. Walsh; Aloisio Galvani (1737-1798) by William Bergin ; Rene Theophile Laennec (1781-1826) by B.J. Collingwood; Johannes Muller (1801-1858) by G.A. Boulenger; Sir Dominic Corrigan (1802-1880) by Francis R. Cruise; Angelo Secchi (1818-1878) by A.L.Cortie; Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-1884) by G.A. Elrington; Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) by E.J.Mc Weeney; Albert De Lapparent (1839-1908) by John Gerard.…

8°. Pappband der Zeit. XVI, 135 S. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Rückenschild, Signaturen und Stempeln (entwidmet), Einband teils berieben und beschabt, Ecken und Kanten bestoßen, Papier gebräunt, teils etwas staubfleckig, Vorsatz und letzte Seite mit geringen Läsuren, insgesamt ordentlich erhalten. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 300 Nach der zweiten Auflage aus dem Englischen übersetzt (.). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. pp. 113; port. frontis., 7 plates, one sketch map, a few illusts. to text; slight chip to top edge of pp. 7/8, else clean in the original cloth, gilt, a.e.g., darkened on spine, cloth to boards somewhat discloured. Not in Denucé. Perry (1833-1889) attended various colleges before taking up a position at Stonyhurst, where he also ran the observatory. He took part in several scientific expeditions, undertaking meteorological, magnetical, and astronomical work in France, Spain, the West Indies, Kerguelen (to observe the 1874 transit of Venus), and the Iles du Salut off French Guiana, where he died of fever. He published several reports on his findings, all of them rare; the present work, which provides an overview of his life and work, is also uncommon.…

Broschur, gering angeschmutzt, Rücken mit kl. Fehlstelle, Papier gebräunt, 135 Seiten. Nach der zweiten Auflage aus dem Englischen übersetzt von H.