Poggendorff, J. C.

Biographisch-Literarisches Handworterbuch Zur Geschichte Der Exacten Wissenschaften....4 Volumes in 6.

      Storrs-Mansfield, CT/Mansfield Centre, CT: Maurizio Martino Publisher. -Octavo, green cloth titled in gilt on the spines. Volumes 1 & 2 contain1584 columns &1458 columns, respectively. Volumes 3 & 4 are continuously paged 1-1496; Volumes 5 & 6 are continously paged 1-1718. Near fine. This set is a limited edition reprint of a work published from 1863 to 1904. Volumes I and II cover the period prior to 1858; the remainder of the set brings the work up to date through 1904. An invaluable source of information about the life and works of mathematicians, astronomers, physicists, chemists, mineralogists, geologists and other scientists of all nations. The text is in German.