Publisher and Year: Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2013
Edition: Deluxe limited edition. One of just 300 hand-numbered copies. A deluxe reproduction of the historic illustrated 1874 American edition, recreating the original cloth covers, text, illustrations, and even the publisher's ads bound in at the rear. Housed in the publisher’s fabric-covered clamshell case.
Condition and Description: Octavo, full leather stamped in black and 22-karat gold, hubbed spine, all edges gilt, marble-patterned endleaves, sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark. 440 pp. Printed on acid-neutral paper. Includes 52 illustrations by Riou. The book and clamshell case are both in excellent condition.
“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.”
Inventory ID: 703 - 279 - 071
Publisher and Year: Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2013
Edition: Deluxe limited edition. One of just 300 hand-numbered copies. A deluxe reproduction of the historic illustrated 1874 American edition, recreating the original cloth covers, text, illustrations, and even the publisher's ads bound in at the rear. Housed in the publisher’s fabric-covered clamshell case.
Condition and Description: Octavo, full leather stamped in black and 22-karat gold, hubbed spine, all edges gilt, marble-patterned endleaves, sewn-in satin ribbon bookmark. 440 pp. Printed on acid-neutral paper. Includes 52 illustrations by Riou. The book and clamshell case are both in excellent condition.
“Science, my boy, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.”
Inventory ID: 703 - 279 - 071
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