Description
Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, Second Series, Vol. II, R. Bickerstaff, London, 1813, 484pp, leather, 5 x 8.5", 8vo Poor condition/as is. Front and rear boards are completely detached from binding. Chipping and redrot present on boards. Tips are bumped. Very little of the spine is still present, the rest having chipped off. Bookplate on front pastedown for The Library Company of Baltimore. Marginalia on front endpapers. Toning, age-staining, and tea-staining throughout textblock. Includes 5 fold-out plates and 4 full-page plates. The plate between 262-263 appears to have been ripped out. Imprinting of illustrations and plates to opposite pages. Please see photos and ask any questions prior to purchase. The Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester is the second oldest learned society in Britain, founded on the 28 February 1781. The society organizes a range of lectures, including the Wilde, Joule, and Dalton Lectures and three lectures annually specifically for Young People. Membership is open to anyone over 16 years of age and lectures are held both in person at venues in Manchester City Centre, and (since 2020) online. The society's Memoirs were first published in 1783 and were, at the time of its launch, the only regular scientific journal in the United Kingdom except for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society . Memoirs contains the transactions of the society (most notably the text of many recent lectures) and is distributed to members and to similar institutions throughout the world by subscription. Copies are also available for purchase by non-members. FORN-MSB-0124-TUB0002-JC67
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