ISBN10: 0521085713, ISBN13: 9780521085717, [publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge] Hardcover No markings.
[Menlo Park, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1976]

ISBN10: 0521085713, ISBN13: 9780521085717, [publisher: Cambridge at The University Press, London] Hardcover This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in Publisher's original patterned boards with black cloth spine which is brightly lettered in gilt,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket which has some light general rubbing to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is NO leaning or rolling to spine.This comprehensive work and this volume in particular covers the subjects of alchemy,early chemistry and chemical technology,gunpowder,paper and printing,mining and metallurgy plus the salt industry and ceramics.Illustrated with over 20 b&w plates,tables,Bibliography a.b and c.Thick and Heavy 4to.This title was acquired from the Library of a Gentleman who for over 30 years worked as a Proof Reader for many of the National Papers.He built up an impressive Academic Library of books on Literature,History, Art and the Far East.510pp First Edition 1st Impression Size:
[Old Langho, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1974]