A. G. Hellsten (printer)
Naturens och mennisko-snillets undertverk
Stockholm. Tryckt hos A. G. Hellsten. 1839. 16:o. 15 x 12 cm. Illustrated title + 202 pp. + (4 pp. contents) + 13 plates in lithography.
Brown marbled board papers. Calf spine. Quite worn binding. Front fly leaf missing. A couple of pages loose. Some smudging and the occasional spot to the interior.
A booklet on the wonders of the world, man made and natural, for the young mind. The plates depict the northern lights, mirages, vulcanos, hurricanes, an airship, a whale skeleton, a magnified water drop, the progression of the population around the world, a mumie, a flying machine, the pyramids, a suspension bridge, the leaning tower in Pisa, the Nanking porclean tower, the statues of Gutenberg and Copernicus, the tunnel under the Thames and Herchels telescope. Uncommon.
Item No: 4214
