A history of inventions, discoveries, and origins. Volume 1 / By John Beckmann ... Tr. from the German, by William Johnston

by Beckmann, Johann (1739-1811)

€85 · Offered by MW Books

1846, Fourth Edition. London : H.G. Bohn. Very good full-leather prize binding. Armorial motif and border to both boards, with raised bands and labels to the spine, all elaborately gilt-tooled. Covers slightly scuffed, and somewhat rubbed at the extremities. Marbled endpapers; prize label mounted to front pastedown. Small corner tear.....

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