THE SILURIAN SYSTEM, Founded on Geological Researches in the Counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monouth, Gloucester, Worcester and Stafford; With Descriptions of the Coal-Fields and Overlying Formations.

Murchison, Roderick Impey.

Published by John Murray, 1839

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1st Ed. 2 parts bound in 1 volume. With 6pp. Subscribers. xxxii + 576pp. + [ii] + pp.([577]-768). 14 lithographic sketches including 2 hand coloured 1 folding and 1 folding hand coloured; 112 woodcuts, [lacking detached large map of Silurian Region with small map of England inset], 3 maps on 2 sheets, 31 lithographic plates of fossils, 9 folding plates of coloured sections. Some foxing to plates, rebound in modern gilt rule edged half calf with cloth boards, minor marking and wear, gilt ruling and gilt lettered label to lightly faded spine. Our copy lacking (as usual) the detached large map of Silurian Region with small map of England inset, but with Figures of the Silurian Fossils to Illustrate Murchison s Siluria 5th Edition with a map John Murray 1872 in frayed and marked gilt lettered cloth. With 41 litho. plates and Folding colour Geological Map of the Silurian Rocks 49 x 43cm. repaired to verso.Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, Baronet (1792 1871), geologist and geographer. ODNB . At last, at the end of 1839, [the above work] was published, embodying the results obtained by Murchison himself, or supplied to him by others. It was an important milestone in geology, for it established the oldest fossil-bearing classification then known. Murchison took great pride in his system as an important period in the history of life and as a geographical entity whose expansive potential provided ample scope for his overweening ambitions . US$2838. Seller Inventory # 289713

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Title: THE SILURIAN SYSTEM, Founded on Geological ...

Publisher: John Murray

Publication Date: 1839

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition