CATALOGUE OF THE WHEELER GIFT OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND PERIODICALS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS.
Two Volumes.
- New York: American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1909.
- thick 8vo.
- original mustard cloth, cloth spine labels
- frontispiece of Wheeler, vii, 328; 329-504; 475 pages.
Price: $45.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 15770
The most valuable collection of books on electricity and magnetism in existence (Besterman 1930). Covers lightly soiled, rear cover of volume two with some rubbing to the cloth binding. Fully described and annotated list of about 6000 items. Illustrations and facsimiles. Originally the library of the English electrical engineer J. Latimer Clark (1822-1898), purchased by Schuyler Skaats Wheeler (1860-1923) in 1901. In 1995 the collection was distributed between the NYPL and Linda Hall Library. A well preserved set.
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