Lot 680

La Nature. Review des Sciences et de Leurs Applications aux Arts et l' Industrie, Paris, 1873-1912, 40 vols. bound in 39, 4to, illustrations, contemporary morocco-backed cloth. (39)

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La Nature. Revue des Sciences et de leurs Applications aux Arts et l' Industrie. Journal Hebdomadaire Illustré, edited by Gaston Tissander and others. Paris: G. Masson, 1873-1912. 40 volumes bound in 39, 4to (282 x 191mm). Half titles, wood-engraved and half tone illustrations (some spotting and staining). Attractively bound in contemporary dark green morocco-backed cloth boards, spines lettered and decorated in gilt (spines of later vols. faded, some rubbing and scuffing). Provenance: from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. La Nature, a magazine intended to popularise contemporary French science and technology, was established in 1873 and edited until 1896 by the French chemist, meteorologist and aviator Gaston Tissandier (1843-99). Also known as something of an adventurer, he was famous for, among other daring exploits, escaping Paris in a balloon during its siege in 1870. (39)


Condition Report: 'La Nature' runs from 1873 to 874 bound in one volume. Then one bound volume for each year to 1912. 

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