Kupfer-Atlas zu Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's Physikalischem Wörterbuche neu bearbeitet von Brandes, Gmelin, Horner, Littrow, Muncke, Pfaff. / CCLXXIII Kupfertafeln
Leipzig: E. B. Schwickert 1842. First Edition. 9 x 11 1/4 inches. Oblong. 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Ex-library "Deventer Bibliotheek", with blue ink-stamp on title page and a few labels on the spine. Otherwise unmarked. An atlas volume containing all copper plates, with most plates clean, and a few (particularly for Volume 3) browned and spotted. Very Good. Boards. [23312]
The ATLAS VOLUME ONLY for Gehler's "Physikalischem Wörterbuche," an early and still useful encyclopedia of the physical sciences. Contains the following plate counts (278 total plus 6 charts): Vol 1: 21, Vol 2: 20, Vol 3: 16, Vol 4: 18, Vol 5: 30, Vol 6: 43 plus 4 charts, Vol 7: 26, Vol 8: 23, Vol 9: 42 plus 2 charts, Vol 10: 34. Plus an additional grouping of 5 plates in the rear. Apparently complete. A separate title page dated 1842 precedes the plates.
Title translated into English: "Copper atlas for Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's Physical Dictionary revised by Brandes, Gmelin, Horner, Littrow, Muncke, Pfaff. / 273 copper plates"
Price: $500.00