Author: Dressel, L.
Title: Geognostisch-geologische Skizze der Laacher-Vulkangegend.
Description: Münster, Aschendorff, 1871. 8vo (22.9 x 14.2 cm). viii, 164 pp.; one folded, engraved geological map, several text engravings. Late 20th century speckled boards. = A seldom-seen paper by Ludwig Dressel (1840-1918), a German Jezuit priest, chemist and geologist. The "Laacher See, also known as Lake Laach or Laach Lake, is a volcanic caldera lake with a diameter of 2 km (1.2 mi) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany ... and is closest to the town of Andernach situated 8 km (5.0 mi) to the east on the river Rhine. It is in the Eifel mountain range, and is part of the East Eifel volcanic field within the larger Volcanic Eifel. The lake was formed by a Plinian eruption approximately 13,000 years BP" (Wikipedia). The new binding is well-done. Internally a very good, clean copy. Zittel, p. 429.

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