Shelfmark
Xb6.5.19
Author
Uniform title
[Univers. English]
Title
The universe, or, The infinitely great and the infinitely little / by F. A. Pouchet ; illustrated by 270 engravings on wood, from drawings by A. Faguet, Mesnel, and Émile Bayard.
Edition
Tenth edition.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; Glasgow ; Edinburgh : Blackie & Son, Old Bailey, E.C., [1891?]
Physical description
xvi, 564 p. : ill. (1 col.) ; 22 cm.
Note
Title-page: "Fortieth thousand".
Provenance
Ms. inscription: "To Charles Sadleir Trench, on his leaving Eton, from his House Tutor, A. F. Birch 28 July 1892".
Binding
19th century polished tree calf; marbled endpapers; marbled edges; gilt lettering and decoration on spine; spine title within brown leather compartment.
Subject
Natural history.
Subject
Astronomy.
Subject
Geology.
Added entry--name
Faguet, Adrienne illustrator.
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Mesnel, A. illustrator.
Added entry--name
Bayard, Émile Antoine, 1837 - 1891 illustrator.
Added entry--name
Trench, Charles Sadleir Musgrave former owner.
Added entry--name
Blackie & Son publisher.
Added entry--place
England London.
Added entry--place
Scotland Glasgow.
Added entry--place
Scotland Edinburgh.
Language code
eng fre
Identifier
B45487