FIGUIER, Louis (1819-94). Les Merveilles de l' Industrie, Paris, [1873-77], 4 vols., contemporary morocco-backed boards. With 3 other works in 6 vols. (10)

FIGUIER, Louis (1819-94).  Les Merveilles de l' Industrie ou Description des Principales Industries Modernes. Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie., [1873-77]. 4 volumes, folio (285 x 190mm). Half titles, wood-engraved plates and illustrations (some spotting and staining). Attractively bound in contemporary dark burgundy morocco-backed boards, spines gilt (boards rubbed at edges). With 3 other works in 6 vols. including the same author's Les Merveilles de la Science (Paris, [c. 1867], 4 vols. [without the 2 later supplementary vols.], uniformly bound). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. (10)