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THE UNIVERSE: OR, THE INFINITELY GREAT AND THE INFINITELY LITTLE.

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Book Description

1873, London, Blackie & Son, new edition, four volumes, small 4to, pp xx, 200, 4; 201-416, 4; 417-616, 4; 617-818, 4, eight coloured plates, many black and white, original brick red cloth blocked in black and gilt, ornate decoration on spine, all edges gilt. A fine set.
Dealer Notes
"...Of all the exquisitely 'got up' books that have come under our notice, this work of M. Pouchet's, which Messrs. Blackie have issued, is, in its English garb, the most splendid...It is really a sterling book, notwithstanding that it attempts an account of all the natural objects which surround us..."[Popular Science Review].
Author F.A. Pouchet.
Date 1873
Binding original brick red cloth blocked in black and gilt, ornate decoration on spine.
Publisher London, Blackie & Son,
Condition A fine set
Pages pp xx, 200, 4; 201-416, 4; 417-616, 4; 617-818, 4,

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