Product Description
The Telephone, the Microphone and the Phonograph by Count du Moncel.
Authorized translation with additions and corrections by the author.
Published by Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square, New York, 1879.
Illustrated with 70 engravings on wood.
First American Edition.
A remarkably well-preserved nineteenth-century scientific and technological work covering the early development of the telephone, microphone, and phonograph during one of the most transformative periods in communications history.
An important contemporary account from the dawn of electrical audio technology, richly illustrated throughout with detailed period diagrams and engravings.
This copy is exceptionally clean and attractive for its age.
Binding remains solid and secure, with clean, well-preserved endpapers and crisp interior pages.
Only occasional light foxing is present from age.
Covers show mild wear at the head and foot of the spine along with slightly bumped/bent corners, but overall the book presents beautifully.
The illustrations are especially sharp and striking.
A highly desirable volume for collectors of early science, telecommunications history, electrical engineering, or Victorian technology.
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