A treatise on optics / by David Brewster.

  • Brewster, David, 1781-1868.
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1831
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A treatise on optics / by David Brewster. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green ... and John Taylor ..., 1831.

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9 unnumbered pages, vi-x, 383 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (woodcuts), tables ; 18 cm (8vo).

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Engraved title-plate
Series title "The Cabinet Cyclopædia. Conducted By The Rev. Dionysius Lardner ... " bound before title proper; alternative sub-series t.p. "The Cabinet Of Natural Philosophy. ... " at end of volume.
Imprint of A. & R. Spottiswoode on half-title verso
Includes index
Collation includes initial blank leaf.
Copy 1 Note: With 8-page "Advertising Sheet Of The Cabinet ... " bound in. Binding: orig. purple glazed linen, printed paper spine label (" ... 6s."). Engraved armorial book-plate of William Bolton Cowley, with his signature on series titlepage.
Copy 2 Note: Binding: late-C19th half calf, Canterbury city arms gilt-stamped on upper cover. Ex Canterbury Philosophical & Literary Institution (stamp) and Canterbury Free Library.

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