Breguet. (1747-1823) [Two Volumes] Salomons, David Lionel; Desoutter, L. [Photographer]; Sun Engraving Company [Plates] Collecting,Dupont Circle

Octavo, Two Volumes. In Very Good minus condition. Spines light blue with black lettering. Minor shelf wear. Soiling to spines and front cover of Volume 1. Foxing to edges of textblocks. Age-toning to interior pages. Errata slip tipped in Volume 1. Features plates throughout both volumes. Shelved in Case 8 1/4. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378796. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.