Hi MM.. It is really something that the book your ancestor wrote in 1828!!! You probably have looked at all the on-line editions, but on the chance you didn't, check out the second one edited by his brother! Does that mean that Sir Humphry died before 1840?
Title Salmonia: or Days of fly-fishing, by an angler [sir H. Davy.]. Author Humphry Davy (sir, 1st bart.)
Published 1828 Original from Oxford University Digitized Mar 27, 2006 Length 80 pages
Salmonia: or Days of fly-fishing, by an angler [sir H. Davy.].? Humphry Davy (sir, 1st bart.) - 1828 - 80 pages Full view - About this book - Add to my library - More editions
The collected works ... of sir Humphry Davy, ed. by J. Davy? Humphry Davy (sir, 1st bart.) - 1840 Full view - About this book - Add to my library
THE COLLECTED WORKS SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, BART. THE COLLECTED WORKS OF SIR HUMPHRY DAVY, BART. LL.D. F.R.S. FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, ETC. EDITED BY HIS BROTHER, JOHN DAVY, M.D. F.R.S. VOL. VI. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS AND RESEARCHES. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO. CORNHILL. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RESEARCHES, ESPECIALLY ON THE SAFETY LAMP, AND FLAME, AND ON THE PROTECTION OF THE COPPER SHEATHING OF SHIPS, FROM 1815 TO 1828. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO. CORNHILL. |