"Eastern Magnificence & European Ingenuity" : Clocks of Late Imperial China by Pagani, Catherine - 2001

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 286 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild rubbing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Light scuffing to front cover. Minor shelf wear to boards. Textblock clean. Shelved in Antiques. 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. 1378966. Shelved… Read More

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 286 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild rubbing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Light scuffing to front cover. Minor shelf wear to boards. Textblock clean. Shelved in Antiques. 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. 1378965. Shelved… Read More

University of Michigan Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001. First printing. 8vo. 286 pp. Purple cloth. Fine in Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Univ of Michigan Pr, 2001. Hardcover. New. 286 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches.