Sold for:
$2,520
$2,520
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1711-1765) Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenij . St. Petersburg: Izdivenium Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1803-1804. Quarto, five volumes, complete works in Russian, with the fine engraved portrait frontispiece; half calfskin and blue paper boards, worn, with parts of spines missing. Lomonosov, a true Russian Renaissance man, wrote poetry, created stunning mosaic murals, and made contributions to science as a physicist, astronomer, chemist, and mineralogist. He advanced a wave theory of light and introduced the concept of the conservation of matter.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18