[SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES].
Memoirs of Science and the Arts.
Memoirs of Science and the Arts.
Or, an abridgement of the transactions published by the principal learned and œconomical societies established in Europe, Asia, and America.
Stock Code 107555
London, Printed by Delahoy, Deptford, for Robert Faulder et al., 1793-1794.
'It is the plan to notice every article in all the principal publications of the kind throughout the learned world; to give analyses of them proportioned to their consequence; and to print a large such as are at the same time interesting and incapable of abridgment' (Preface, p.ii).
First edition, 2 vols. bound in one (vol. I, parts I & II, and vol. II part I all published); 4to (28 x 22 cm); armorial bookplate to front pastedown, 29 engraved plates (some folding), 2 tables, corner tear to title-page of vol. II; contemporary half diced russia, marbled boards, flat spine in six compartments, gilt letterered direct in second, others with large gilt block, gilt dividers, light wear to extremities; [2], iv, iv, 5-543, [1]; iv, 3-212, iii, [1], xi, [1], vii, [1]pp.
ESTC P6487; Ward, W.S. Index of serials, p.101; Crane & Kaye, 447.
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