Title Principles Science Book (1 results)
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Charles Desilver - Keen & Lee,, Philadelphia - Chicago:, 1857
- Hardcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Full title: A MANUAL OF CHEMISTRY, ON THE BASIS OF DR. TURNER'S ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY; CONTAINING, IN A CONDENSED FORM, ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE SCIENCE. DESIGNED AS A TEXT-BOOK FOR COLLEGES AND OTHER SEMINARIES OF LEARNING. "Sixth revised edition. Rewritten and re…stereotyped, with many new illustrations" (as stated upon the title page). i-xii, 13-528 pages. Hardcover: H 19.5cm x L 12.5cm. Black leather spine with dark brown boards, a few surface scuffs to spine which retains bright gilt title lettering, some rubbing to boards with worn corners. Archival glue repair to rear hinge; binding now firm. Red edges; some creased page corners; two quires pulled; mostly mild browning or foxing to interior leaves; some moisture stains on preliminary leaves; missing rear free endpaper and perhaps a flyleaf. Black ink ownership stamps of a "Dr. Irwin" on front free endpaper and front flyleaf with pencil ownership inscription of "R.C. Irwin, Ann Arbor, Mich." on both as well; interesting explanatory paragraph in pencil on front pastedown stating that Dr. Robert Calvin Irwin was a surgeon in the Confederate Army and was killed in battle (although no date or unit is cited). Book was acquired from a Tunica, Mississippi estate with (if the paragraph's assertions are correct) a connection to Tunica plantation owner and banker Col. Robert Clell Irwin (1840-1909) whose descendants included members of the Leatherman and Abbay families who were both prominent landowners in the state's northern Delta region. With Preface, illustrations throughout, Appendix, and Index. Apparently based upon "Elements of Chemistry" by Edward Turner (1798-1837) which was first published in 1827.
