Lot n° 214
Estimation :
300 - 500
EUR
GUILLEMIN (Amédée). The physical world. Paris, Hachette, 188 - Lot 214
GUILLEMIN (Amédée). The physical world. Paris, Hachette, 1881-85.
5 volumes in-4 half red chagrin, richly decorated smooth spines, red percaline boards decorated with large special gilt decorations, gilt edges (publisher's bindings signed Ch. Magnier after plates by Paul Souze).
I - La Pesanteur et la Gravitation universelle - Le Son (26 large plates printed separately, 3 in color and 445 vignettes);
II - The Light (27 large plates titled separately of which 13 in colors and 353 vignettes);
III - Le Magnétisme et l'Electricité (20 large plates titled separately of which 5 in colors and 577 vignettes) ;
IV - La Chaleur (9 large plates printed separately of which 1 in colors and 324 vignettes);
V - La Météorologie - La Physique moléculaire (32 large plates printed separately of which 9 in color and 343 vignettes).
A few minor rubs, a nice copy rarely found in the decorated bindings of the publisher.
Expert : Jean-Louis Beauvais
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