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Marbled board-covered notebook (8" x 5"), red leather spine & 209pp corners; MS [by...

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HD/14/a
Date
1829
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Marbled board-covered notebook (8" x 5"), red leather spine & 209pp corners; MS [by James Tobin and John Davy] Contains Dialogues 4, 5 and 6 of Consolations in Travel, dictated by Humphry Davy

Pp.9-106 Dialogue 4th: The Proteus or Immortality.

Pp.107-159 Dialogue 5th: The Chemical Philosopher.

Pp.161-205 Dialogue 6th: Pola or Time. (Begun 4th February 1829; additions 23 February and 3 March; completed in Rome, 4 March 1829.)

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Royal Institution of Great Britain
Language
English
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Marbled board-covered notebook (8" x 5"), red leather spine & 209pp corners; MS [by...