Highgate 5 Dec. 1808. Compiler and educational writer including "Scientific Dialogues" 1764-1816. One page 8vo sl. grubby and frayed but text clear and complete. "I enclose you what I drew up for the Monthly Magazine" asking for it to be returned as it is his only copy. He refers to the ill health of Mrs Calder presumably the correspondent's wife to whom he sends good wishes and compliments. In a postscript he says "you will in No. Xii of Nicholson have an article on Will - freedom by the author of the art.Necessity". Joyce wrote the meteorological reports and other papers for the ‘Monthly Magazine'. Highgate, 5 Dec. 1808. unknown
London: Baldwin and Cradock 1828 . Leather. Very Good. 6" by 4". None. A smart set of early nineteenth century educational scientific works aimed at the 'Entertainment of Young People'. Five volumes only of the seven volume 1828 'New Edition' of the scientific dialogues of educator and Unitarian minister Jeremiah Joyce.Consisting of volumes II to VI: Vol. II Astronomy; Vol. III Hydrostatics; Vol. IV Pneumatics; Vol. V Optics and Magnetism and Vol. VI Electricity.A wonderfully informative introduction to various scientific subjects published with the intention of igniting an interest in such subjects in the young.With numerous vignette illustrations.Former owner's illustrations to head of front boards. In quarter morocco bindings with marbled paper covered boards. Fading to back strips with minor losses to back strip heads. Rubbing to boards. Former owner's inscriptions to head of each front board. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright with only the odd spot. Very Good Baldwin and Cradock hardcover
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