Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769-1859) Kosmos Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung

Author: Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von (1769-1859) Year: 1845-1861Publisher: I.S. Gotta'scher VerlagPlace: Stuttgart und TübingenDescription:4 volumes and atlas. xvi+493 pages, [1]+[2]+544 pages; [2]+644 pages; [2]+649+[1] pages. (8½” x 5¼") Octavo 19th century half morocco & boards, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands. Atlas volume 136 pages with 39 hand-colored lithographs and 3 engraved plates and by Traucott Bromme, figures and index. Oblong quarto (11 ¼” x 13 ½”) Atlas half leather binding with six raised spine binds with gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. (Norman 1112; PMM 320; Sparrow 106) First Editions.Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe is an influential treatise on science and nature written by the German scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Cosmos began as a lecture series delivered by Humboldt at the University of Berlin, and was published in five volumes between 1845 and 1862 (the fifth was po