Saishin Kagaku Zukan Zen 18 Maki Soroi æ æ °ç§ å¦å é å… 18å »æ [The Latest Science Encyclopedia - Complete Set of 18 volumes]

Kitazawa Tetsuo å å é é , editor

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Saishin Kagaku Zukan Zen 18 Maki Soroi æ æ °ç§ å¦å é å… 18å »æ [The Latest Science Encyclopedia - Complete Set of 18 volumes] Kitazawa Tetsuo å å é é , editor ARS (Arusu-sha 㠢㠫ã 社), publisher Tokyo Showa 6-8 æ å 6-8å [1931-33] 18 volumes 24.5 x 19cm on the natural sciences and other science-related topics published by Arusu-sha 㠢㠫ã 社 (ARS) from Showa 6-8 æ å 6-8å [1931-33]. Complete set. Nickel gilt design on red background with bright ultramarine blue decoration around a discrete photogravure illustration on the cover of each volume. Title page has a printed line design with yellow with a color frontispiece opposite. Colorful abstract endpapers feature strong blocks of orange, teal, brown and cream. Each volume has black and white photos and drawing reproductions and Japanese text throughout in brown tone. Some vols also have color illustrations and more than one has a fold-out brown tone or color section. Tipped-in colophon on final page. 178-264pp in each volume. Some volumes have laid-in publisher advertising newsletters (1 in green tone 27 x 20cm folded; 1 in brown tone 21.3 x 13.5cm folded). Vol 2 has a small laid-in sheet with 2 photo reproductions. Edited by Kitazawa Tetsuo å å é é (1887-1957), publisher, founder and head of Ars, which specialized in photography, science and literature. Artist and designer Onchi Koshiro æ å °å å é took great care with the design of the books and cases which is evident in all aspects of the binding. The binding is listed with a photo on p. 131 of his book binding raisonné, Onchi Koshiro Seihon no Gyo æ å °å å é 装æ ã ®æ¥. From his early years, working with Takehisa Yumeiji ç« ä …å¤¢äº , among others, he began a long career as a book designer and book illustrator. From the very beginning of his life in the arts he was the center and focus of the Creative Print Movement (SÅ saku Hanga å µä½ ç ç"»), surrounding himself with fellow artists who took inspiration from his dedication to the cause of self-expression. He designed over a thousand books, collaborating in his later years with such important figures as Kitasono Katue å å å… è¡ , in short, he was the major figure involved with works on paper in his time. These volumes were written and/or edited by the following noted scientists and writers: Vol 1 by scientist and historian Oka Kunio å ¡é ¦é (1890-1971), Vol 5 by Ishikawa Chiyomatsu ç å å ä»£æ ¾ (1860-1935) a decorated Japanese biologist and zoologist who was known for introducing Darwin's Theory of Evolution to Japan, Vol 14 by co-writers biologist and geneticist Naohide Yatsu è° æ ¥ç ç§ (1877-1947) and SatÅ Kaneharu (?) ä½ è ¤é æ », Vol 15 by botanist Kawamura Seiichi å æ æ …ä (1881-1946), Vol 16 by entomologist Yokoyama Kirio æ ªå±±æ¡ é (1894-1932) and Vol 17 also by co-writers Naohide and SatÅ . Vol I p.89 has a laid-in reproduced portrait 9 x 6.5cm of Swedish botanist Carl von Linné (Rinne ã ªã ã 1707-1778), who is best known for creating the binomial system, which identifies plants with two names in Latin, and the name he gave humans, Homo sapiens. Vol XIV p. 177 is a sheet titled Meriyasu 㠡㠪㠤ã , a knitwear for underwear and swimwear, with 8 laid-down fabric samples of rayon 3.5 x 5.7cm in bright colors. The titles of each volume: Vol 1: Kagaku bunmei-shi ç§ å¦æ æ å [The History of Science & Civilization] Vol 2: TenkÅ« no kagaku å¤ ç ºã ®ç§ å¦ [The Science of Air] Vol 3: ChikyÅ« no kagaku å °ç ã ®ç§ å¦ [The Science of the Earth] Vol 4: Ningen no kagaku 人é "ã ®ç§ å¦ [The Science of Humans] Vol 5: Shinka iden no kagaku é å é ºä¼ ã ®ç§ å¦ [The Science of Evolutionary Genetics] Vol 6: Kikai jidai-jÅ æ 械æ 代ä [The Machine Age Pt 1] Vol 7: Kikai jidai-ka æ 械æ 代ä [The Machine Age Pt 2] Vol 8: Denki jidai-jÅ é »æ° æ 代ä [The Electric Age Pt 1] Vol 9: Denki jidai-ka é »æ° æ 代ä [The Electric Age Pt 2] Vol 10: Kensetsu no kagaku-jŠ建è ã ®ç§ å¦ä [The Science of Construction Pt 1] Vol 1. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 91067

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