Brewster, David
£275
Auction: 16 September 2009 at 12:00 BST
Description
A treatise on the microscope. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1827. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed "To the Jedburgh Mechanics Institute, from the Author", 14 plates, original cloth, some light soiling, upper hinge weak, binding worn, small hole just below inscription; [Idem] The Cabinet Cyclopaedia: Optics. London: Longman, &c., 1838. 12mo, engraved title inscribed "Jedburgh Mechanics Institute Library", illustrations, some damp-staining, one leaf repaired, original cloth covered with paper; [Idem] The life of Sir Isaac Newton. London: J. Murray, 1831. 12mo, engraved frontispiece, inscribed "Jedburgh Academy 1854", old quarter calf, worn; Gordon, Mrs The home life of Sir David Brewster. Edinburgh: 1869. 8vo, mounted photographic frontispiece portrait, cloth soiled; another copy. 1881. 8vo, original cloth; Dick, Thomas The sidereal heavens. London: T. Ward, [c.1840]. 12mo, engraved frontispiece, half calf, lacks 5 plates, some soiling; Baikie, J. Through the telescope. 1906. 8vo, original cloth (7)