THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, and School of Arts, Illustrated. (Vol. X, 1853)

London: Mead & Powell, 1853. 1st edition, 1st printing. Hardcover. 312p. A blue cloth hardcover book in good condition. Covers edgeworn and stained. LACKS the front free endpaper, and front hinge is weak. Binding generally shaken, but still tight enough for normal reading purposes. Pages toned with age and occasionally foxed, but otherwise clean. Item #325341

Scarce bound volume of a British science magazine founded in 1839 that reports on many early inventions of the industrial age. Illustrated with 14 full-page plates, plus numerous in-text engravings. Included among the plates are an early form of the telegraph, the effluvia plumbing tap, and dipleidoscope.

Price: $200.00