JF Ptak Science Books
A.J.L. (Antoine Jacques Louis) Jourdan (1788-1848, dying in the year of revolution). Dictionnaire Raisonne, Etylologique, Synonymique et Polyglottr des Termes isites dans les Science Naturelle, comprenant l'anatomie, l'histoire naturelle et la physiologie générales, l'astronomie, la botanique, la chimie, la géographie physique, la géologie, la minéralogie, la physique et la zoologie. Printed in Paris by Bailliere, 1834. 2 volumes, XI+674+628 pages. Nicely bound in leather-backed marbled boards, and good solid and tight copies they are. $375.00 Full text is available here.
Jourdan was a very accomplished memory man, writing a number of dictionaries on a variety of subjects.
Each volume is only about 3/4 of an inch thick, as they are printed on some fine and very thin paper. The book has an excellent feel to it.
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