Amédée Guillemin - La lune - 1870

Exciting illustrated edition with 2 large plates hors texte and 46 vignettes. This popular science study is devoted to the lunar body and to all the astronomical knowledge available in the 19th century -

The author presents clearly and in detail the physical characteristics of the Moon, notably its surface, its reliefs, its craters and its mountains, drawing on the astronomical observations of his era -

The work also explains the movements of the Moon around the Earth as well as the phenomena that result from them such as the phases, eclipses, and tides. Guillemin undertakes to make accessible complex scientific notions by adopting a richly illustrated and structured pedagogical style -

Amédée Guillemin - The Moon - 1870 - Hachette et Cie -

223 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, work in its original red half-leather, marbled boards, signs of wear with epidermures, boards worn, edges pigmented, spine with 5 nerves, gilded titling and author’s name -

Good interior condition, some foxing, work enriched with 2 large plates hors texte and 46 vignettes, marbled endpapers in good condition, ex-libris Edouard Schuck, pleasant copy -

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