Science
BALFOUR, John Hutton. The Botanist's Companion or directions for the use of the microscope, and for the collection and preservation of plants, with a glossary of botanical terms.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1860.
£85
8vo. Original green cloth, paper label to upper cover; pp. [iv], 74, [2], [8, ads.]; numerous wood-engraved illustrations; small ex-libris label to upper cover, else a very good copy.
First edition. This little work includes a section of hints on Alpine travelling (based on Wills's "Wanderings").
