Letters on Natural Magic, Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart.
Inbunden bok. Första uppl. 1832.
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Letters on Natural Magic, Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart. By Sir David Brewster... (London: John Murray, 1832). First edition. Sir David Brewster’s scientific response to Sir Walter Scott’s Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft (1830). Includes: Science employed by ancient governments to deceive and enslave their subjects; Power and Structure of the Eye, Illusions from Ocular Spectra, Kircher's Mysterious Handwriting, Spectre of Dover Castle, Modern Necromancy, Ventriloquism Explained, Musical Mountain of El-Nakous, Spontaneous Combustion, etc.. Illustrated in the text, including two overslips enhancing illustrations.
David Brewster (1781-1868) is best remembered as a pioneer in photography and inventor of an improved stereoscope.
(2), 1-3, (1), (2 blank leaves), XI, (1 blank leaf), 351 pp. 16 x 10,5 cm. 0.250 kg.
Publisher’s decorated cloth binding, neatly rebacked, a tight and sound copy with some light spotting. Fine pages and illustrations, with only a few occasional minor, faint spots. Old pencil ownership signature on the inside of the front cover: “F. Club.”
