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CURIE, Marie Sklodowska (1867-1934). Traité de radioactivité. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1910.
First edition, in the original wrappers, of a milestone of 20th-century science. ‘After the early death of her husband, Marie Curie continued research in radioactivity. In 1910, she isolated radium in a pure state. Her classic Traité de radioactivité […] is an account of her work through collected papers’ (Sparrow). Honeyman II: 789; Sparrow, Milestones of Science 41.
2 volumes, octavo (254 x 162mm). Half-titles, heliogravure portrait of Pierre Curie, 7 plates, diagrams in text (a few leaves in vol.2 browned). Original printed wrappers (a few faint marks, restored at spines with some loss of wrapper at foot of vol.1 and head of vol.2). Provenance: pencil inscription on first half-title, annotations in margins of first quire – ‘Majoration 20%’ stamp on opening blanks.
First edition, in the original wrappers, of a milestone of 20th-century science. ‘After the early death of her husband, Marie Curie continued research in radioactivity. In 1910, she isolated radium in a pure state. Her classic Traité de radioactivité […] is an account of her work through collected papers’ (Sparrow). Honeyman II: 789; Sparrow, Milestones of Science 41.
2 volumes, octavo (254 x 162mm). Half-titles, heliogravure portrait of Pierre Curie, 7 plates, diagrams in text (a few leaves in vol.2 browned). Original printed wrappers (a few faint marks, restored at spines with some loss of wrapper at foot of vol.1 and head of vol.2). Provenance: pencil inscription on first half-title, annotations in margins of first quire – ‘Majoration 20%’ stamp on opening blanks.
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