Hardwicke's Science Gossip. An illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature. Vol. 1-3, 5-7, 10-17 and 19-23. (19 volumes in 18) by COOKE, M. C. (editor); Osler, William (contributor)

Hardwicke's Science Gossip. An illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature. Vol. 1-3, 5-7, 10-17 and 19-23. (19 volumes in 18) COOKE, M. C. (editor); Osler, William (contributor): 02083 London R. Hardwicke 1865-1887 with gaps (see above). Each with ca. 250 pp. and with many steel-engraved illustrations. Bound in half leather (to 1876) and orig. cloth. Wear to bindings, inside generally some foxing, but good overall. Volumes 5 and 6 are bound into one volume and contain at p. 44 the first appearance in print of William OSLER: "Christmas and the Microscope". This volume formerly owned by Australian popular science writer Charles Barrett with his signature. * A good set of this popular science journal of the mid- to late 19th century. A more detailed description can be provided upon request. $400.00AUD
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