MOREUX Theophile (Théophile) - The Mystery of Being [set of 4 parts] [1925].

Poznan 1925, St. Adalbert's Bookstore imprint. 17x24.5 cm, pp. (8), 166, (4), 135, (4), 122, (4), 128 [a set of 4 parts in 1 volume], numerous black and white illustrations and photographs in the text, half leather binding with gilt on spine, publisher's soft covers preserved, cardboard case. Very good condition.

The work of Théophile Moreux (1867-1954), French astronomer and meteorologist, popularizer of astronomical knowledge, director of the Bourges Astronomical Observatory.

"It is a book," one might say, "one of a kind. In four parts entitled: Where do we come from?, Who are we?, Where are we?, and Where are we going? addresses such a great multitude of issues in cosmogony, geology, prehistory, ethnology, etc. etc. that only a man of immense erudition indeed and of first-rate writing talent such as Moreux could tie it all together into a unified whole, make it accessible to non-fiction readers and give it in almost columnistic form." [excerpt From the Publisher]