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A treatise on optics / by David Brewster.
- Brewster, David, 1781-1868.
- Date
- 1831 [i.e. 1840?]
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Credit: A treatise on optics / by David Brewster.
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About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green ... and John Taylor ..., 1831 [i.e. 1840?]
Physical description
3 unnumbered pages, vi-x, 383 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (woodcuts), tables ; 18 cm (8vo)
Contributors
Edition
New edition.
Notes
Includes index
A reprint from stereotypes of the first edition, omitting the letterpress series titles
Colophon: "London: Printed by A. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square"
Printer traded under this name 1833-48 (Brown, p.185); Wellcome copy with acquisition signature dated 20 May 1844.
Copy 1 Note: Binding: orig. black blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title "Optics By Sir D. Brewster". Acquisition signature (20 May 1844) and engraved armorial book-plate of Hugh Lee Pattinson. X37946
Languages
- English
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