Madeira Meteorologic

First edition. David Douglas. Edinburgh. 1882. Small quarto. viii, 83pp. Engraved frontispiece by John Le Conte (1816 - 1887) from an original by the author of the base of the remarkable cloud of June 26th 1881 and the old lava stream in the foreground. Spectroscopic plate. Original cloth, gilt to upper board and spine. Slightly faded to spine. A… Read more about this item

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. 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