J. Rambosson / Yan' Dargent - Histoire des météores et...

Thrilling illustrated edition with 90 engravings by Yan' Dargent and 2 chromolithographic plates that belongs to 19th-century popular science literature, which aims to make accessible to the general public the most spectacular and mysterious manifestations of the natural world - The author is interested in meteors in the broad sense, that is, phenomena observable in the atmosphere and in the sky, but also in many natural events capable of exciting the imagination by their power, rarity, or sometimes destructive character - The work thus covers luminous phenomena of the atmosphere, shooting stars, bolides, meteorites, comets, auroras, halos, parhelia and various celestial apparitions, while expanding its scope to storms, lightning, thunder, tempests, waterspouts, cyclones, exceptional rain, snows, hail, fogs and other meteorological manifestations - J. Rambosson / Yan' Dargent - History of meteors and the great phenomena of nature - 1870 - Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie - 420 Pages. Good condition of the binding, work in its original half-leather binding, percaline boards, stains and wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, gilt edges, spine with finely decorated raised cords, gilded titling and author, gilded borders on the boards - Good interior condition, some stains and damp marks, work enriched with 90 engravings by Yan' Dargent and 2 chromolithographic plates, endpapers in acceptable condition, a pleasing copy - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days –

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