The Complete Weather Guide; a collection of Practical Observations for Prognosticating the Weather,Drawn from Plants, Animals, Inanimate Bodies, and also by means of Philosophical Instruments; including The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules, Explained on Philasophical Principles. with an Appendix of Miscellaneous Oberservations on Meteorology, a curious Botanical Clockm &c. &c. &c.
By Joseph Taylor.
London: Printed for Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, Paternoster Row: Sold also by John Harding, St James's Street; and John Martin Holles Street, Cavendish Square. 1813.
12mo, paper boards; pp. viii + 160; with folding wood-engraved frontis. Front hinge very strained.
A rare guide to predicting the weather, based on the behaviour of animals and plants, astronomy, winds and even barometers and thermometers. The frontispiece is 'Flora's Dial', a decorative table listing when different plants open and close their flowers. Joseph Taylor (c.1761-1844).
[Ref: 40551] £290.00
London: Printed for Gale, Curtis, and Fenner, Paternoster Row: Sold also by John Harding, St James's Street; and John Martin Holles Street, Cavendish Square. 1813.
12mo, paper boards; pp. viii + 160; with folding wood-engraved frontis. Front hinge very strained.
A rare guide to predicting the weather, based on the behaviour of animals and plants, astronomy, winds and even barometers and thermometers. The frontispiece is 'Flora's Dial', a decorative table listing when different plants open and close their flowers. Joseph Taylor (c.1761-1844).
[Ref: 40551] £290.00