LIFE AND LETTERS OF JAMES DAVID FORBES, F.R.S. WITH PORTRAITS, MAP, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Forbes, David. . Shairp, John Campbell; Tait, Peter Guthrie and Adams-Reilly, A.

Published by London: Macmillan and Co 1873

About this Item

Fine leather bound, first edition hardback complete with seven plates and a folding plate of the Mer de Glace at the end. The book is bound in a full calf prize binding of the University of Edinburgh with gilt borders and device and marbled endpapers and page edges; the binding has some light wear and remains handsome and sound. The endpapers have a prize plate and a later owner's inscription. There is some light foxing throughout with the plates and some pages more heavily affected. Frontispiece, xii +[1] + 576.

Seller Inventory # WC270

Bibliographic Details

• Title: LIFE AND LETTERS OF JAMES DAVID FORBES, F.R.S. WITH PORTRAITS, MAP, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
• Publisher: London: Macmillan and Co 1873
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition