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Published by Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1880
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Hardback, gilt titles to spine. 30.5cm x 22.5cm. 2 parts bound into 1, but with also 'Supplement to Former Paper, entitled Experimental Inquiry into the Composition of some of the Animals Fed and Slaughtered as Human Food' bound at rear. Pp. 289-415; 1181-1413, 2 folding tables; 865-890. Outer hinges of spine cracking, front board loose but still attached. 'Linnean Society' stamp to original covers bound in. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (an18). Inscribed By Author.
Published by Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Part IV, 1882., Offprint from:, 1882
Seller: Jeff Weber Rare Books, Montreux, VAUD, Switzerland
299 x 239 mm. 4to. [ii], 1181-1413, [1 blank] pp. Numerous tables (including 3 folding). Original printed wrappers; top cover LACKING. Ex library rubber stamps. Very good. John Bennet Lawes and Joseph Henry Gilbert collaborated for more than fifty years as they built the Lawes's estate of Rothamsted into a world-famous institution of agricultural chemistry. In 1834 Lawes inherited the manor and estate of Rothamsted after studying at Eton and Oxford without taking a degree. Lawes used what he learned from agricultural experiments to produce "super-phosphate" and other products by which he became quite rich. In 1889 Lawes put Rothamsted under the control of the Lawes Agricultural Trust, with an endowment of à £100,000, so that its work would not cease with his death.