Cosmos
Subtitle: a sketch of a physical description of the universe
By: by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated from the German by E.C. Otté.
Contributors: Otté, E. C.; Paul, B. H.; Dallas, W. S. 1824-1890.; Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)
Series: Bohn's scientific library
Publisher: Henry G. Bohn
Published: 1848
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Cosmology; Science -- History; Astronomy; Physical geography
Work titles: Kosmos.
Notes: On t.p. of v. 4: Translated from the German by E.C. Otté and B.H. Paul; v. 5: Translated from the German by E.C. Otté and W.S. Dallas.

Vol. 1: ix, 369, 18, 40 p., [1] leaf of plates (final 40 p. are publisher's advertisements); v. 2: xxi, 370-742, 16 p.; v. 3: 289, 8, 32 p. (final 32 p. are publ. advertisements); v. 4: xv, 291-601, 7, 32 p. (final 32 p. are publisher's advertisements).

LC copy incomplete: v. 1 only.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.