WHEWELL, William. History of the Inductive Sciences, from the earliest to the present times, London: John W. Parker, 1837, 3 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, half titles (occasional light spotting), contemporary calf gilt by Clarke & Bedford, gilt armorial to covers (lacking front cover of vol. II, rubbed). [Wheeler 927: "great work on the history and philosophy of the physical sciences"] (3)