Tom Kreyche wrote: > Does anyone have a copy of Henri Michel's 1947 book "Traite de L'Astrolabe?" > > I'm looking for a description of the style and construction of the book > itself, NOT the contents. The reason is that I've found a copy (the book is > relatively rare) but it looks more like a galley proof than a final product > and I want to figure out if the asking price is appropriate. > > The copy that I found is printed on relatively poor quality paper, a thin > cardboard cover, has uncut top and side margins and a fairly poor > binding...generally quite flimsy. I'm not a rare book collector so this is > probably not described in terms used in the trade.
Hi Tom, Your description agrees with original copies of Michel's book that I have seen in several observatory and museum libraries. Note that French books are often sold uncut without neatly trimmed margins and the poor quality of paper is typical for many books printed during and for some time after WW II. There is a reprint of Michel's book published by Alain Brieux (Paris) in the mid 1970's that is presumably printed on better quality paper. ======================================================== * Robert H. van Gent * Tel/Fax: 00-31-30-2720269 * * Zaagmolenkade 50 * * * 3515 AE Utrecht * E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * The Netherlands * * ******************************************************** * Home page: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/homepage.htm * ========================================================
