£150
Agricultural Chemistry. Davy (Sir Humphrey), Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in a Course of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture, first edition, London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1813, nine engraved plates, of which eight are full-page and one folding, some off-setting and foxing, original publisher's boards, repaired, uncut, contemporary bookseller's ticket: Sold by Black, Parry & Co., [London], 20th century MS ownership inscription, 4to, two copies of the second edition, London: Longman, et al., 1814, one uncut in original publisher's boards, the other in 20th century quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo, Parkes (Samuel), Chemical Essays, volume I only, London: Printed for the Author: and Published by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1815, rebacked contemporary calf gilt, 12mo, two copies of Nesbit's Agricultural Chemistry, fourth & fifth editions, London: Longman and Co., n.d., original cloth, 8vo, etc., (13).
Provenance: 1st: Sir Brent Gration-Maxfield (1916-1983), MS ownership inscription to pastedown dated 1964.
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