Sklodowska-Curie, M. S. [Madame P. Curie]
Die Radioaktivität von Mme P. Curie. Autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe von B. Finkelstein. Mit einem für die Deutsche Ausgabe verfaßten Nachtrag. 2 Bände mit 1 Porträt, 7 Tafeln und zirka 200 Figuren im Text.
Leipzig, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft M. B. H., 1912. Two volumes in one. Thick 8vo (22.3 x 15.7 cm). 1024 pp. [xv, 420; vi, 583]; heliogravure portrait of Pierre [!] Curie (1859-1906), seven plates, numerous text figures. Half cloth over marbled boards. Speckled edges. Spine with paper label.
A surprisingly rare complete copy of the first German edition. The second volume seems to be somewhat more common. Written by the Nobel-laureate Marie Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (1867-1934), or "Madame P. Curie". "She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice, and the only person to win the Nobel Prize in two scientific fields. She was the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris in 1906" (Wikipedia). Well-illustrated. Vague library stamps on first title, clearer on second title page. Spine label blank. Boards rubbed, with some paper loss; inner joints reinforced, otherwise a very good, complete copy.
