[Rarebooks] FS: Collected scientific works of Sir Humphrey Davy. 9 vols. London: 1839-40

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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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