CONSOLATIONS IN TRAVEL; OR THE LAST DAYS OF A PHILOSOPHER

by Sir Humphry Davy

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First edition

London: John Murray, 1830. Small octavo, pp. i-v vi vii-xii 1 2-281 282: printer's imprint 283-284: blank note: last leaf is a blank , original two-part brown and blue boards, printed paper label affixed to spine panel, all edges untrimmed. First edition. A series of dialogues on philosophical and scientific topics. Includes a short account of a dream spirit journey to Saturn, and a description of the

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