Author: Beche, H. T. De la
Title: A selection of geological memoirs, contained in the Annales des Mines written by Brongniart, Humboldt, von Buch and others. Translated, with notes and additions and including a geological map of France.
Description: London, William Phillips, 1836. 8vo (22.0 x 13.2 cm). xxii, 335 pp.; one folding table, three hand-coloured geological folded engraved maps including the geological map of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switserland, a part of Germany and northern Italy by Omalius d'Halloy; eight folded lithographed plates. Later half cloth with red morocco label with gilt title on the spine. = De la Beche (1796-1855) was the first director of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and produced the famous Memoirs. This is a translation of works regarded by De La Beche as most important to British geologists. Old owner's signature on the front flyleaf, some of the plain plates with a rather large waterstain in the top corner, otherwise a good copy. Ward and Carozzi, 616.

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