Accession number
PML 196256-59
Creator
Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894.
Published
Paris : Furne, Jouvet et cie, [1867]-1870.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2016.
Notes
Surveys the history of recent technological innovations and inventions, with chapters on steam power, railroads, electricity, telegraphy, photography, lighting, military engineering, astronomy, balloon aviation, etc.
Wood engraved illustrations throughout.
Text in two columns.
"Corbeil Typ. et ster. Crété."--Colophons.
Wood engraved illustrations throughout.
Text in two columns.
"Corbeil Typ. et ster. Crété."--Colophons.
Description
4 v. (743; 703; 752; 744 p.) : ill., ports. (wood engraving) ; 31 cm
Binding
Publisher's red pictorial cloth stamped in gold.
Classification
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