Warsaw 1876, Jan Noskowski Printing House. 16x22.5 cm, pp, 297, V, black and white woodcuts in the text, hardcover of the period, half leather. Good condition (rubbing of the binding, half of the cover missing, single spots on the pages).
Volume one (only this one was published). Richly illustrated publication presenting the most important discoveries and inventions. Among the fields described: printing, engraving, lithography, paper, sea compass, porcelain, thermometer, steam engine, electric telegraph, electric machine, electroplating, suspension bridges.