Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists Book II (Volume XVII, Number 1, July, 1905 - Volume XVII, Number 6, December, 1905)
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1905. Hardcover. Octavo [20.5 cm] Six issues in wraps bound in 1/4 brown suede over tan boards with a paper title label on the backstrip (with some loss to the title). Top edge gilt. Silk ribbon page-marker. With frontispiece portraits and tissue guards. The leather at the spine ends is a bit chipped. Printed in a classic Arts and Crafts style that was the hallmark of the Roycrofters publications. The front pastedown has a contemporary owner's inscription. Very good. Item #54647
Contains the following: Ernst Haeckel; Carl von Linnaeus; Thomas H. Huxley; John Tyndall; Alfred Russel Wallace; John Fiske.
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