The Principles of Physical Geography being an Inquiry into Natural Phenomena and their Causes prepared for the use of Eton College.

NICOLAY, Rev. C(harles).G(renfell). The Principles of Physical Geography being an Inquiry into Natural Phenomena and their Causes prepared for the use of Eton College. London, Edward Stafford, E.P. Williams. 1858. viii,327pp, 20cm, including 8 plates, with 5 lovely maps. Each of the maps is 19x31cm, illustrative of physical geography interests. The maps include: (1) "Map Illustrative of the Distribution of the Religious Faiths, Education Etc."; (2) "Map Illustrative of the Distributive of Animals" (also including the "vertical distribution" of animals. (3) "Map Illustrative of the Distribution of Plants." (4) "Map Illustrative of Winds, Rain, Tides, Currents, and Temperature." (5) "Map Illustrative of Distribution of Surface Rocks, Coal, and Minerals, Ocean Depths, and Great Circle Routes". Decorative diced and deckled publisher's cloth. VG copy. Lovely work.