A treatise on optics
By: by David Brewster
Series: Lardner's Cabinet Cyclop©Œdia; Cabinet cyclopaedia
Publisher: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green ... and John Taylor ...
Published: 1831
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Optics
Notes: Engraved title-plate.

Series title "The Cabinet Cyclop©Œdia. Conducted By The Rev. Dionysius Lardner ... " bound before title proper; alternative sub-series t.p. "The Cabinet Of Natural Philosophy. ... " at end of volume.

Imprint of A. & R. Spottiswoode on half-title verso.

Includes index.

Collation includes initial blank leaf.

Copy 1 Note: With 8-page  "Advertising Sheet Of The Cabinet ... " bound in. Binding: orig. purple glazed linen, printed paper spine label (" ... 6s."). Engraved armorial book-plate of William Bolton Cowley, with his signature on series titlepage.

Copy 2 Note: Binding: late-C19th half calf, Canterbury city arms gilt-stamped on upper cover. Ex Canterbury Philosophical & Literary Institution (stamp) and Canterbury Free Library.