La machine animale, locomotion terrestre et aérienne

by Étienne-Jules Marey

$1,250 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Paris: Germer Baillière, 1873. 8vo. x, 299 pp., plus 48-page publisher’s catalogue dated October, 1872. FIRST EDITION. With 117 text wood engravings. Contemporary gilt and embossed publisher’s cloth, front panel central medallion with title and series, rear panel with publisher’s mark, gilt spine lettering; front cover a bit rubbed and spine a bit sunned, minor toning and foxing. Presentation

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