Presentation copy to Victor Fontanier, incribed by the author
Cosmos, essai d'une description physique du monde. Traduit par H. Faye. First two (of four) volumes.
Paris: Gide et Compagnie /Gide et J. Baudry, éditeurs, 1846. 8vo (205 x 127 mm). viii, iv, VIII, 582 pp.; xiv, [2], 636 pp., including half title to both volumes. Contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled edges, origial endpapers (boards and extremities little..... More