Description
Forbes, R. J. More Studies in Early Petroleum History: 1860-1880. (Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1959)
Quarto. [6], 199 pages with charts, graphs and photographs, including index. Two fold out charts. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt on both front cover and spine.
Condition: Very Good, no dust jacket. Spine sunned. Binding is lightly shaken with a crack between pages 80 and 81 where the first foldout chart is attached.
“Robert Jacobus Forbes or Robert James Forbes (21 April 1900, Breda – 13 January 1973, Haarlem) was a Dutch chemist and historian of science and professor in the history of applied science and technology at the University of Amsterdam.
“In his days Forbes was internationally one of the best known and respected historian of technology, and recipient of the first Leonardo da Vinci Medal, the highest award by the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT).” – Wikipedia
