OSIRIS. Studies on the History and Philosophy of Science, and on the History of Learning and Culture. The David Eugene Smith Presentation Volume.

Bruges:: Saint Catherine Press, 1936-1962., 1936. 23 [14+19] volumes. 8vo. 777; 550; 587; 714; 601; 844; 616; 449; 648; 630; 533; 489; 397; 369 pp. [and:] KOHLSTEDT, Sally Gregory & Margaret W. ROSSITER (eds.). OSIRIS. A research journal devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences, Second Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1985-2004. [Complete for these years]. 8vo. 321; 361; 289; 236; 313; 244; 307; 248; 250; 253; 265; 222; 443; 383; 323; 376; 373; 282; 304 pp. Various color cloth and printed color boards. The first volume of the Second Series is a limited, numbered (11 of 150) copy presented to Bern Dibner. Burndy bookplates. Fine. This prominent journal of the history of science covers the years from its inception with George Sarton as editor-in-chief, in 1936, through 2004 in 23 volumes. "Founded in 1936 by George Sarton as a companion to the journal Isis, this annual thematic publication deals with important emerging research in the history of science and its cultural influences. Selected volumes of Osiris cover such topics as Historical Writing on American Science, Science in Germany, Science after '40, Research Schools, Instruments, and Constructing Knowledge in the History of Science." [JSTOR].