An essay on dew, and several appearences connected with it

by William Charles Wells

$2,500 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: Taylor and Hessey, 1814. 8vo. iv , 146 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary boards, rebacked; an uncut copy, with a presentation inscription from the author to James Johnston, Esq. on the title. Item #10828 First edition of this classic of meteorology, for which Wells was awarded the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society. His researches were of major importance in the development of

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