Ashmolean Society Bound Volume Pamphlets (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Thick octavo; A bound volume containing the following pamphlets issued by this important society, the oldest Natural History society in England : 1. Daubehy : Narrative of an Excursion to the Lake Amsanctus and to Mount Vultur in Apulia in 1834. 1835. 49p, 4 plates. 2. Twiss : The Amphitheatre at Pola in Istria. 1836. 40p, 3 plates 3. Baden Powell : On the Nature and Evidence of the Primary Laws of Motion. 1837. 86p. 4. Rigaud : The Arenarius of Archimedes. 1837. 32p. 5. Holme: On the Earlier Notices relative to The Natural History of the Giraffe. 1838. 34p. 6. Rigaud : Account of some Early Proposals for Steam Navigation. 1838. 14p. 7. Daubeny : Sketch of the Geology of North America. 1839. Folding map of United States and Canadas, 73p. 8. Baden Powell : On the Theory of Parallel Lines. 1842. 47p, 1 plate. 9. Rigaud : A Defence of Halley against the Charge of Religious Infidelity. 1844. 32p. 10: Gresswell : On Education in the Principals of Art. 1844. 32p. 11. Daubeny : On The Site of the Ancient City of the Aurunci and on the Volcanic Phenomena which it Exhibits. 1846. 59p, 2 plates. 12. Whiteaves : On the Land and Freshwater Mollusca inhabiting the Neighbourhood of Oxford. 1857. 20p. 13, Baden Powell : On Necessary and Contingent Truth: considered in some regard to Some Primary Principles of Mathematical and Mechanical Science. 1849. 40,[2]. 14. Main : On The rainfall for 25 Years (1851-1875)as observed at the Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford. nd. 8p,[4]. 15, Clarke : Evolution a Revelation. nd. Imprint states "Author's Copy." [2], pp 275-301. 16. Macloskie: The Mechanical Conception of Nature. nd.Imprint states "Author's Copy" [2],pp 219 - 246. 17. Pattison : The Evolution of The Pearly Nautilus. nd. 15p, 18. The Botanical Geography of Syria and Palestine. No title page but folding hand coloured map. pp 5-50. 19. Hull : A Sketch of The Geological History of Egypt and The Nile Valley. nd. Imprint states "Author's Copy." [2], map, 27p. 20: James : On The Relation of Fossil Botany to Theories of Evolution. nd. [2], 25p. Contemporary red cloth binding. Some scattered spots. Overall VG. Bookplate of Ampleforth Abbey to front pastedown.