Kosmos

Description

Bound in one-eighth black leather over black paper.,Armorial bookplate of Nettelblade.,Includes bibliographical references.,P324, P325,Condition notes: On all volumes, vellum is rubbed off at corners and along spine; headcaps worn; pages cockled and foxed; V. 1 front cover detached at bottom; V. 3 headcap torn, part of textblock detached; V. 4. front cover detached at bottom; spine detached and torn; V. 5.1 spine detached at front; V. 5.2 front cover detached at bottom; Atlas: front corners torn and bent, spine cracked, missing headcap and foot.Scanned.4/04.,5 8,

Publisher

Cotta

Author

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

Editor

Bromme, Traugott, 1802-1866

Date

1845 to 1862

Collection

Posner Memorial Collection

Extent

5 v. in 6 ; -- 21.1 x 13.4 cm. -- & atlas (136 p., 42 leaves of plates: -- ill., col. maps ; -- 28 x 33.5 cm.

Language

German

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Original Repository

Carnegie Mellon University Special Collections

Place Published

Stuttgart;Tubingen

Persistent Link

http://doi.library.cmu.edu/10.1184/OCLC/02047051

OCLC Number

02047051

Subjects

Subject (Topic)

Science--History
Physical geography
Cosmology
Astronomy

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