LOT 3046
26th July 2022
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LOT 3046
GEOLOGY. - Roderick Impey MURCHISON. Siluria. The History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains. London: John Murray, 1854. First edition, 8vo (226 x 139mm.) Folding engraved hand-coloured map in pocket to rear, 1 folding uncoloured lithographed map, 37 lithographed plates, including 3 folding, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text, (Toning, occasional spotting, lacking half-title, three illegible names to the front-free endpaper.) Original green cloth, blind stamped and gilt vignette to upper cover (rebacked with original spine laid-down, spine sunned, extremities rubbed). - And a further six volumes related to geology (including W.D. Conybeare and William Phillips' 'Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales with an Introductory Compendium of the General Principles of that Science', 1822, 8vo). Provenance: by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams (7).
Hammer price: £140
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