first edition
1900 · Paris:
by DARY, Georges (b. 1857).
Paris:: Librairie Nony & Cie, 1900., 1900. 316 x 222 mm. 4to. [vi], 439 pp. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH 345 figs., numerous ports.; foxed. Quarter red morocco, morocco corners, gilt-ruled covers, marbled boards, raised bands, gilt spine, top edge gilt, marbled end-leaves. Very good. FIRST EDITION of this beautifully illustrated summary of practical applications of electricity up to 1900 by Georges Dary, who published five general works on electricity from 1881 to 1900, including the electrical industry in France. The work concludes with the Paris International Exposition in 1900, of the Palace of Electricity and the House of Water. REFERENCES: Zeitlinger 7174 (3rd ed., 1903). {FULL TITLE: A travers l'electricite. . . Qu'est-ce que l'electricite? L'electricite atmospherique – telegraphie – telephonie – eclairage electrique – traction electrique – galvanoplastie – navigation electrique – phonographie – horlogerie electrique – medecine et chirurgie – l'electrique sur les cotes marine de guerre – applications a la guerre, a l'agriculture, a l'industrie, aux chemins de fer – applications domestiques – applications diverses, theatres – dangers de l'electricite – l'electricite a l'exposition de 1900.]
(Inventory #: RW1046)