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Condizione: Very Good. 24 pages. The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow is a learned society established in 1802, for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Category: Glasgow Philosophical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages as issued. Folio. (9.5 x 14 ins). FEATURING approx 500 line account of Pellico's ordeal. A crisp copy of the original Weekly Newspaper. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: Folio (23 x 33 cms). Category: Chambers' Edinburgh Journal; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. London: Atchley & Co., 1870, Early Edition. Publisher's binding, gilt titles to the front board and spine, faded, rubbed and worn, top page edges darkened, others tanned. Repaired to the hinges, which are a little tight, the text block splitting part way in the middle of the volume. Scarce work. Provenance: signatures for George Sherwood, Canterbury 1887 and W Gascoigne to the front. Pagination: [viii of adverts], 363pp, 23pp Atchley Architectural Engineering and Decorative Art Catalogue, 23pp adverts the rear. Approximately 7 ¼ inches tall (17.5cm). Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, rubbed and worn. Joints good condition sound, rubbed and worn. Corners good condition rubbed, bumped and worn. Boards good condition rubbed and worn, gilt titles to the front. Page edges good condition tanned and darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition intact, repaired, a little tight. Paste downs good condition adverts, tanned, marked. End papers good condition adverts, tanned, marked. Title good condition tanned, with minor marks. Pages good condition tanned, with minor marks, last, the text block is split in the middle of the volume. Binding good condition sound.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. CONI, Pablo Emilio.El verdadero calendario perpetuo ó sea coleccion de los 35 calendarios únicos posibles en el curso de los siglos.Corrientes, Imprenta de 'La Opinion', 1858. 8vo. 280p. Half cloth. First edition of this 'perpetual' calendar printed in Corrientes which reveals the exact day of any event between the years 1609 and 2000, and which the author claims is the only one of its kind to be published in this part of the New World. Coni (1826-1910), a French civil engineer from St Malo who settled in Corrientes, modernized the local printing press to produce this book with French matrices. It is considered a rarity in Argentina. Coni later significantly contributed to the development of printing, and to the postal and telephone systems in Argentina.…