La Nature: revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et à l'industrie. Treizième année, 1885
- Publisher : G. Masson
- Published In : Paris
- Illustrations : numerous b/w ills
Description:
Premier and Deuxième semestre, 6th December 1884 - 28th December 1885. Vol. 13, complete.
From 1873 to 1914, each volume of La Nature was issued in parts, comprising two half-yearly volumes, the first commencing at the beginning of December, the second with the first issue in June.
Gaston Tissandier (1843-1899) was a French chemist, meteorologist and balloonist. He founded and edited the scientific magazine La Nature, a French language magazine which aimed to popularize science, with articles ranging from natural history, military developments, medicine, geology etc. Gaston’s brother Albert Tissandier (1839-1906) an architect and archaeologist, was a major contributor, supplying many articles and illustrations. The journal is noted for its fine wood engravings, many full-page, by the French draftsman, engraver and illustrator Louis Poyet (1846-1913). Other illustrators included Auguste Tilly (1840-1898).
Condition
2 parts, bound in 1 volume, imp. 8vo, cont. half cloth, marbled boards, some edge wear. Withdrawn from an institutional library. Three figures on two pages excised and neatly taped back into their orginal positions. Good.
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