HERALDS OF SCIENCE as represented by two hundred epochal books and pamphlets in the Dibner Library, Smithsonian Institution.

Burndy Library and Smithsonian Institution, 1980

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Details

Year of publication

1980

Place of printing

Norwalk and Washington, D.C.

Author

[Dibner Library, History Of Science], Dibner, B., Preface And Notes, Multhauf

Publishers

Burndy Library and Smithsonian Institution

Edition

First Edition and Printing of the 25th Anniversary Edition With

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

First Edition and Printing of the 25th Anniversary Edition With a great profusion of illustrations throughout, reproductions of the original engravings and facsimiles of the original printings of the books included in the collection. 4to, publisher's original printed wraps, the spine lettered in maroon, the upper cover decorated pictorially in gold and lettered in maroon, rear cover with the Burndy Library logo. xiii, 96 pp. A fine and well preserved copy, some light evidence of old damp to the lower edges not affecting the text.

Edizione: first of the edition and revised. the "heralds of science" remains to this day a world reference in the history of science. included with this copy are both the announcement from the burndy library and the printed note to booksellers.