Siluria: The History of the Oldest Known Rocks containing Organic Remains; with a brief sketch of the distribution of Gold over the Earth
Author:
MURCHISON, SIR RODERICK IMPEY
Title:
Siluria: The History of the Oldest Known Rocks containing Organic Remains; with a brief sketch of the distribution of Gold over the Earth
Publisher:
John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1854
Description:
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, half leatherbound green shiny cloth boards with gilt borders to leather, gilt lettering & decoration plus blind stamp decoration & raised bands to spine, speckled page edges, marbled eps, folding map to front, xvi + 523 + 37 plates- all counted & present, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine with minor loss to some leatherwork at rear, light scuffing to front board & extrems, heavy foxing to most plates, other light foxing throughout, light tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to prelims)
Keywords:
siluria paleontology fossils united kingdom history sir roderick impey murchison first edition