Alphonse CHEVALLIER
[TETE DE COLLECTION] Journal des connaissances nécessaires et indispensables aux industriels, aux manufacturiers, aux commerçants et aux gens du monde ; par une société de savants, d'industriels, de manufacturiers, d'agriculteurs et de commerçants ; publié sous la direction de M. A. Chevallier[HEAD OF THE COLLECTION] Journal des connaissances nécessaires et indispensables aux industriels, aux manufacturiers, aux commerçants et aux gens du monde; by a society of scholars, industrialists, manufacturers, agriculturists, and merchants; published under the direction of M. A. Chevallier]
Béchet jeune|Paris 1839-1840|13.3 x 21 cm|2 volumes reliés
Head of the collection of this technical periodical, which appeared for only three years (1839, 1840, and 1841); this set comprises all the issues published from January 1839 to December 1840.
Half lavallière calf bindings with corners, smooth spines lightened and decorated with gilt and blind fillets, red calf title labels, green volume labels, some rubbing to the spines, marbled paper boards, marbled edges, contemporary bindings.
Some occasional foxing.
The first volume is illustrated with in-text figures and 3 plates out of text; the second contains in-text figures.
The articles abound in practical details on the state of science and technology during the July M
€1,250