A TREATISE ON THE CLIMATE AND METEOROLOGY OF MADEIRA

By the late J.A. Mason. inventor of Mason's hygrometer;

Edited by James Sheridan Knowles.

To which are attached A Review of the State of Agriculture and of the Tenure of Land; by George Peacock,

And An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Island, and Guide to Visitors; by John Driver, Consul for Greece, Madeira.

First Edition, xiv, 388 + 3 pages of graphs (numbered as 5 plates) with foxing of the plates, uncut edges, half-title page with cancelled library stamps, owners signature on the title page, booksellers ticket on the back paste down end paper, red cloth with elaborate gilt decoration on the upper cover and spine,neatly recased, a very good copy.

Mason spent almost two years on Madeira, engaged in detailed record taking and experimentation.