L'Or. L'Or dans le laboratoire, l'Or dans la nature, L'extraction de l'Or, Le traitement des minerais, La Métallurgie de l'Or, Préparation mécanique et traitement chimique, De quelques régions minères, A quoi sert l'Or?, Des usages industriels de l'Or, La Monnaie d'Or, Conclusion by HAUSER, H - 1901.

Paris,: Crochard,, 1834-1836.. 6 parts) in one volume: 120; [ii], 134; [ii], 106; vi, 88; 74, [ii, blank], 146 pp. Small 8vo (10,5 x 18,5 cm.). Contemporary dark green half morocco (some minute rubbing and some occasional slight discolouring), In compartments gilt lettered and decorated. With 35 engraved (steel-engravings) plates.. Cahiers I-VI, all that have been published, and complete sets, like our's, are quite rare. Cahier II-VI in first edtitions, Cahier I in 3rd edition. The catalogue BM(NH) list only the 5th Cahier in 3rd edition; Not in Wood.--(Some scattered light foxing or brownings as usual for French books from this epoque; the Cahier V has a few pages with some light ink stains in the outer marging; lower corner of the rear side has a slight crack).

Paris,: Librarie Marpon & Flammarion,, (1880).. [viii], 1039, [i] pp. Large 8vo (20.5 x 27.5 cm.). Contemporary half dark blue morocco, spine, with raised bands, gilt lettered (partly slightly rubbed; a bit discoloured). Richly illustrated with 870 plates and figures in wood engraving, and 8 coloured plates (chromolithographs from the press of Lemercier at Paris). A nicelly illustrated general zoology (from the mollusc to the mammal).

Paris,: J. Barbou,, 1780.. [iv, blank], [iv, half-title & title], xxxi, 319, [i, publisher's catalogue], [ii, blank] pp. Small 8vo (9,5 x 16 cm.). A charming contemporary binding: full marbled calf, remnants of gilt rullers on sides, spine in compartments gilt decorated, red morocco title-label, gilt dotted ruller at the outer and inner edges of the sides, gilt edges. With a fine frontispiece engraved by B.J. Prévost, Bardou's printer's mark op title, several fine engraved headings and footers Very finely printed by Bardou, one of the limited issues of his series "Collections d'Auteurs Latin" printed on "Papier Bleuté". A famous neo-Latin poem in the style of Virgil's "Georgica". First published at Paris in 1665, and followed by many later edition and translations. The present edition is concluded by Brotier's (1732-1789) remarks on Rapin's poem and a history of the classical garden.

Text is clean & tight & unmarked. Multiple creases of all four cover corners—front & back, ranging from tiny to four inches long. Bumping & creasing of page corners—lower corners more than upper corners. Creasing along free edge of pp 31, 47, 53, 63, 69, 127, 133, 147, & 237. Some sun-toning along spine.

New York: Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science 2015. Signed by Richard Dawkins on the title page. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black paper-covered spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.

Paris,: Crochard,, 1834-1836.. 6 parts) in one volume: 120; [ii], 134; [ii], 106; vi, 88; 74, [ii, blank], 146 pp. Small 8vo (10,5 x 18,5 cm.). Contemporary dark green half morocco (some minute rubbing and some occasional slight discolouring), In compartments gilt lettered and decorated. With 35 engraved (steel-engravings) plates.. Cahiers I-VI, all that have been published, and complete sets, like our's, are quite rare. Cahier II-VI in first edtitions, Cahier I in 3rd edition. The catalogue BM(NH) list only the 5th Cahier in 3rd edition; Not in Wood.--(Some scattered light foxing or brownings as usual for French books from this epoque; the Cahier V has a few pages with some light ink stains in the outer marging; lower corner of the rear side has a slight crack).

Paris,: Librarie Marpon & Flammarion,, (1880).. [viii], 1039, [i] pp. Large 8vo (20.5 x 27.5 cm.). Contemporary half dark blue morocco, spine, with raised bands, gilt lettered (partly slightly rubbed; a bit discoloured). Richly illustrated with 870 plates and figures in wood engraving, and 8 coloured plates (chromolithographs from the press of Lemercier at Paris). A nicelly illustrated general zoology (from the mollusc to the mammal).

Paris,: J. Barbou,, 1780.. [iv, blank], [iv, half-title & title], xxxi, 319, [i, publisher's catalogue], [ii, blank] pp. Small 8vo (9,5 x 16 cm.). A charming contemporary binding: full marbled calf, remnants of gilt rullers on sides, spine in compartments gilt decorated, red morocco title-label, gilt dotted ruller at the outer and inner edges of the sides, gilt edges. With a fine frontispiece engraved by B.J. Prévost, Bardou's printer's mark op title, several fine engraved headings and footers Very finely printed by Bardou, one of the limited issues of his series "Collections d'Auteurs Latin" printed on "Papier Bleuté". A famous neo-Latin poem in the style of Virgil's "Georgica". First published at Paris in 1665, and followed by many later edition and translations. The present edition is concluded by Brotier's (1732-1789) remarks on Rapin's poem and a history of the classical garden.

Text is clean & tight & unmarked. Multiple creases of all four cover corners—front & back, ranging from tiny to four inches long. Bumping & creasing of page corners—lower corners more than upper corners. Creasing along free edge of pp 31, 47, 53, 63, 69, 127, 133, 147, & 237. Some sun-toning along spine.

New York: Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science 2015. Signed by Richard Dawkins on the title page. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black paper-covered spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket.