[Rarebooks] FS: Collected writings of scientist Sir Humphrey Davies in 9 vols.

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(SCIENCE) Davy, Sir Humphry. THE COLLECTED WORKS... Edited by His Brother, 
John Davy... London: Smith, Elder and Co. 1839-1840. 8vo. 9 vols. Complete with 
the half-title and 44 engraved plates (some folding and 1 a double-page). 
Finely bound by F. Bedford in cont. full calf, gilt ruled covers and elaborately 
gilt decorated spines with black calf labels and red calf inlays of volume 
numbers. Vol. I has been rebacked with the orig. spine strip laid down. Small (1/2”
) chip at head of spine of Vol. IX. Some old (circa 1900) circular library 
rubber stamps throughout.     $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829) was an agricultural chemist, best remembered for 
his invention of the miner’s safety lamp. One of the volumes reprints his 
treatise on fly-fishing.

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