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Verlag: Printed for the Editors by B.L. Hamlen, Printer to Yale College, New Haven, 1850
Anbieter: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, USA
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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Periodical. Second Series, Volumes 1-10 (bound in five separate full linen cloth volumes). Octavos. Illustrated with plates and maps, some folding. Ex-library set with gilt spine titles, bookplates, and scattered small ink stamps, else very good. Edited by Benjamin Silliman and his son (Benjamin Silliman, Jr.). The senior Silliman was professor of chemistry at Yale College and co-founder of the American Journal of Science and Arts. Also known as "Silliman's Journal" it was the world's leading scientific journal in the first half of the 19th century. This set features Silliman's printed correspondence with distinguished scientists throughout the world, and numerous papers on American geology, topography, botany, and zoology.