Arthur Mangin - Merveilles de l'Industrie - 1885

Arthur Mangin — Wonders of Industry — Steam Machines, Steamships, Railways — Alfred Mame 1885 — Decorated binding

Fine illustrated work devoted to the great industrial innovations of the 19th century: steam engines, steam navigation and railways, written by Arthur Mangin, a recognized science popularizer.

Edition published in Tours by Alfred Mame et Fils, a major French publishing house specialized in educational and scientific works.

Representative book of the industrial enthusiasm of the late 19th century, describing the technical evolution from Watt’s early machines to the development of locomotives and modern navigation.

Edition

Tours, Alfred Mame et Fils, publishers
Fifteenth edition
Date: 1885 (MDCCC LXXXV)

Specifications

Pagination: about 240 pages
Green publisher’s cloth binding richly decorated
Gilt title on the spine
Numerous technical and historical chapters

Condition

Overall good condition for its age:
solid binding
slightly worn tips
scattered foxing
interior complete and legible
stitching visible but stable
(see photos forming an integral part of the description)

Interest
Typical work of 19th-century popular scientific literature, valued for:
industrial history
industrial revolution
antique library decoration
Mame collection

Shipping
Careful packing and protection.
Grouping possible with other purchases.