William Whewell. History of the inductive sciences,

from the earliest to the present times. London/ Cambridge, J.W. Parker/ J. and J.J. Deighton, 1837, 3 vols., XXXVI,437,(19); XI,(1),534,(2); XII,622 pp., modern unif. mor. in antique style, gilt and ribbed spines w. 2 contrast. mor. letterpieces, large 8vo.

Some foxing in places, but a good, untrimmed and partly unopened set of the original edition. Palgrave III, 656-666; Schumpeter, 448-450. William Whewell (1794-1866), British philosopher an historian of science, professor of mineralogy and moral philosophy, a man of great erudition who played an inmportant part in the academic life of his time. "His 'History of the inductive sciences', owing to the influence it exerted on J.S. Mill's 'Logic', is a landmark on the long road that leads towards logical positivism." (Schumpeter).