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LOT 2235
General Books - Guillemini - Le Monde Physique
1881 A.D.
11 x 7 1/2 in. (2.51 kg, 28 x 19.2 cm).
Amédée Guillemin - Le Monde Physique: La Pesanteur et La Gravitation Universelle: Le Son - Paris, 1881, hardback, cloth cover, gilt fore-edge, 871 pp; spine torn. [No Reserve]
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Property of an Essex gentleman.
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