Editore: Edinburgh Adam and Charles Black 1853, 1853
Da: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Prima edizione
EUR 431,34
Quantità: 1 disponibili
Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: very good. 1st Edition. [xxiv],349pp. Large octavo. Green 1/4 pebbled calf with corners, with marble paper covered boards. Spine title in gilt; rubbing on hinge. Upper edge gilt. Marbled ornamental endpapers with book plate on front paste down. Foxing to frontis and title page. 10 lithographic plates (includes frontis with tissue guard), woodcut illustrations and fold out map in rear. A tight, well preserved copy. very good Neate F44. Record of Forbes' travels in Norway with additional journals documenting his time in France. The author was a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and developed the "Forbes data set", still used today in statistics.