London: for W. Richardson, under the Royal Exchange; J. Phillips, George-Yard; and W. Pennington, Kendal, 1793. First edition, first issue. 8vo. (i)-xvi, (1)-208pp. Presentation copy, inscribed in ink on front blank, “The Author / to / William Fothergill.” Publisher's paper boards; rubbed, front joint starting, some wear to edges spine ends, with tables and figures in text, untrimmed, with a few old ink corrections primarily to tables, else a clean interior, with book plate of Franz Sondheimer to front pastedown. Housed in custom morocco and cloth slip case. One of the foundational works in meteorology.