THE LIFE AND REMAINS OF EDWARD DANIEL CLARKE Professor of Mineralogy in the University of Cambridge. Two volume set.
London: Printed for George Cowie and Co., 1825. Second edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Very good- condition. Item #019786
Two volume set. Contemporary bindings with leather spines and corners and marbled paper-covered boards. There is moderate rubbing to the extremities, and minor sunning to the spines. Includes "Tract Upon the Blow-Pipe" as well as other material not present in the first edition, printed just one year earlier. The first few pages of Vol. I are lightly discolored and foxed, and the final few pages of Vol. II are rippled. Vol I: [vi], 500 pages. Vol. II: [iv], 486 pages. Engraved bookplate of George Wilkins on the inside of both front covers. Second edition.
Price: $325.00