Three volumes. 8vo. xiv, 330; vii, 331-750; vii, 751-1105 pp. Indexes; some former marks erased (minor). Original printed boards; minor rubbing on head of vol. III joint. Ownership ink signatures of David C. Lindberg. First Printing. This is a contributor's copy, that of Lindberg, who contributed the paper "The Western reception of Arabic optics," (pp.716-729). Three major sections: Astronomy-theoretical and applied; Mathematics and the Physical Sciences; Technology, Alchemy and Life Sciences. ISBN: 0415020638 First Edition.