Lowell Lectures 1925.
Cambridge, At the University Press, 1930
A handsome copy of this popular history of science by the philosopher-mathematician Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947), best known for his collaboration with Bertrand Russell on the Principia Mathematica.
8vo (19 x 13 cm); contemporary tree calf prize binding for Sherborne School, gilt devices to upper and lower panels, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, slightly rubbed, old corrosion marks, text slightly browned, very good; xi, [1], 265, [1]pp.
8vo (19 x 13 cm); contemporary tree calf prize binding for Sherborne School, gilt devices to upper and lower panels, gilt spine in 6 compartments, contrasting red and brown morocco lettering-pieces, marbled edges, slightly rubbed, old corrosion marks, text slightly browned, very good; xi, [1], 265, [1]pp.
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