Dibner B Preface and Notes (1 results)
HERALDS OF SCIENCE as represented by two hundred epochal books and pamphlets in the Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution.
[Dibner Library; History of Science]; Dibner, B., Preface and Notes; Multhauf Robert P., Introduction
Published by Norwalk and Washington, D.C. Burndy Library and Smithsonian Institution 1980 1980
- Softcover
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.Buddenbrooks, Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition and Printing of the 25th Anniversary Edition With a great profusion of illustrations throughout, reproductions of the original engravings and facsimiles of the original printings of the books included in the collection. 4to, publisher's original printed wraps, the spine lettered in maroon, the upper cover decorated… pictorially in gold and lettered in maroon, rear cover with the Burndy Library logo. xiii, 96 pp. A fine and well preserved copy, some light evidence of old damp to the lower edges not affecting the text. FIRST OF THE EDITION AND REVISED. THE "HERALDS OF SCIENCE" REMAINS TO THIS DAY A WORLD REFERENCE IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. Included with this copy are both the announcement from the Burndy Library and the printed Note to Booksellers.