Life and Letters of James David Forbes, F.R.S.

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First edition, 1873, in half red morocco over blue cloth, gilt tooling. Spine, raised bands, silver titles to black calf labels. Internally, tissue guarded, portrait frontis, title with portrait vignette, [5], (vi-xiii), [1], [2], [1], 2-598 pp, [2], 1 map (folding, coloured in outline), 3 illustrations within text, 4 woodbury photo type pls, 3 portrait pls the portrait vignette, heavily pencil annotations (possibly indicating research), marbled endpapers, some light spotting, the original cloth spine is loose to the rear as is a pocket containing a note from the previous owner stating that he had rebound the book in 1991, and that he had bought the book from EH Stevens, a prominent member of the Alpine club, who appeared to be researching Forbes, along with a letter from the club. Contains a list of Principal Forbes' scientific writings. (221*139 mm).(Alpine Club LibCat p286).