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TISSANDIER, Gaston.
Popular Scientific Recreations, A Storehouse of Instruction and Amusement: In Which the Marvels of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology, Astronomy, Etc., Are Explained and Illustrated, Mainly by Means of Pleasing Experiments and Attractive Pastimes. Translated and Enlarged from 'Les Récréations Scientifiques' of Gaston Tissandier (Editor of 'La Nature').
TISSANDIER, Gaston.
Popular Scientific Recreations, A Storehouse of Instruction and Amusement: In Which the Marvels of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Geology, Astronomy, Etc., Are Explained and Illustrated, Mainly by Means of Pleasing Experiments and Attractive Pastimes. Translated and Enlarged from 'Les Récréations Scientifiques' of Gaston Tissandier (Editor of 'La Nature').
Description:
pp. x, (ii), 884. Frontispiece and nearly 900 engravings. Original green cloth gilt and decorated, both joints repaired, some old ink scribbles on the verso of the front free end-paper which has offset to the recto of the frontispiece and bled through a little.
Ward, Lock. London.
Date Published: No date [c.1890-91].
Stock No. 61222
Price: £75.00