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Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century
by James E. McClellan III
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0231059965
- ISBN 13
- 9780231059961
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Columbia University Press, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. xxx + 414 pp. Preface, list of 13 illustrations & 6 figures; Introduction, 7 titled chapter, Epilogue, Appendixes 1 & 2; Notes, Bibliography, Index. Very faint and very sparse spottting on lower fore-edge, 6.1" x 9.2" light gray cloth, gilt on black spine author-title publisher, in unclipped green DJ with acetate protector. Binding tight, pages clean, unmarked, paper wqell-preerved. Exterior crisp, lettering intact..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009276
- Title
- Science Reorganized: Scientific Societies in the Eighteenth Century
- Author
- James E. McClellan III
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0231059965
- ISBN 13
- 9780231059961
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Keywords
- Science - societies - learned institutions - mid-17th & 18th century Europe - history of science
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