Madeira Meteorologic

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882. viii, 83pp, [1]. With an engraved frontispiece. Original publisher's red cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt, T.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Bookplate and shelf-label to FEP, scattered spotting. An island weather monograph, composed by Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819-1900), Scottish Astronomer Royal best known for his studies of the Egyptian Pyramids, from journals of the author's wife, and… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882. Very Good-. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882. First Edition. Small, slim quarto (21.5cm.); publisher's red cloth lettered and ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, blue-green glazed endpapers; viii,83pp.; lithographic frontispiece and one additional plate, two small woodcuts in text. Cloth a bit scuffed at extremities, most notably at spine ends, sizing spotted, especially to rear… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Publication of 83 pages. Complete with all plates. There is gilt on the front cover. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed, minor tear on the top edge of the spine and slightly faded marks. Heavily marked with foxing on the early and last few pages, little within… Read more about this item