RELIQUIAE DILUVIANAE or OBSERVATIONS on the ORGANIC REMAINS contained in CAVES, FISSURES, and DILUVIAL GRAVEL, and on other geological phenomena attesting the action of an UNIVERSAL DELUGE.

BUCKLAND, Rev. William.

Edité par London John Murray Albemarle-Street, 1823

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FIRST EDITION 1823. PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE RECTOR OF EXETER "BEST REGARDS FROM THE AUTHOR". 4to, approximately 270 x 210 mm, 10½ x 8 inches, 27 engraved and lithographed plates and maps, 3 hand-coloured, 1 folding, plus folding table and 1 small text illustration, pages: vii, errata, [1]-303, [1], including explanation of the plates and index, bound in half calf, rebacked with gilt lettered green label, author's name in gilt, gilt rules and date to spine, blind decoration between raised bands, original marbled covers and brown endpapers, author's presentation inscription on blank endpaper, ink initials and house name C. J. W. Cowley House on pastedown. Slight rubbing and staining to covers, corners worn at tips, pale brown offset from plates to facing page, brown stain to lower margin of facing pages and the same to inner margin of facing pages due to something left in the book, not affecting text, a little pale foxing to endpapers and title page, vertical crease to end paper with signature, otherwise a very good clean copy. See: Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Volume 2, page 566-571; John Challinor, The History of British Geology, page 184. Buckland wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus. His work proved that Kirkdale Cave in North Yorkshire had been a prehistoric hyena den, for which he was awarded the Copley Medal, Wikipedia. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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• Titre: RELIQUIAE DILUVIANAE or OBSERVATIONS on the ORGANIC REMAINS contained in CAVES, FISSURES, and DILUVIAL GRAVEL, and on other geological phenomena attesting the action of an UNIVERSAL DELUGE.
• Éditeur: London John Murray Albemarle-Street
• Date de parution: 1823
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur