Histoire De La Boite A Musique Et De La Musique Mecanique Chapus, Alfred Collecting

Quarto, 318 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. Housed in publisher's Good gray paper slipcase. Slipcase has heavy sunning to spine and cover, light foxing to covers, slight tearing to edges of opening, and mild edge wear. Boards have light sunning to spine, rubbing to corners, and mild edge wear. Textblock has light foxing to some pages, toning to some gutters, and bookplate of Silvio Bedini on front pastedown. Shelved Room A. 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. 1378754. Special Collections.