Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena, ETC. With A Short Description Annexed To each Plate. [WHIMPER J.W. or WHYMPER Josiah Wood) 1813-1903 Publisher: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge Publish Year: 1846 Publish Place: London: sold at the depository, 77, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and 4, Royal Exchange Illustrator: WHIMPER J.W. or WHYMPER Josiah Wood Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 007828 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall Jacket Condition: Very Good Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £550 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Demonstrates the nineteenth-century ability to use detailed engraving & colour to convey scientific subjects, [1846], FIRST edition, in the publishers marked, embossed brown cloth, gilt titles. corners bumped. Carefully respined, printed paper titles. Internally, not paginated, but title leaf followed by 30 leaves of Phenomena's, depicted in numbered & hand coloured illustration with a descriptive text below, blank to versos. (337*276 mm). A beautifully illustrated Victorian popular-science book designed to teach readers about spectacular phenomena of the natural world. It is much more relevant to the history of science, education and scientific illustration than to legal history.
