Author: [Minnesota].
Title: The Geological and Natural History of Minnesota. The Sixth Annual Report for the tear 1877. Submitted to the President of the University, May 25, 1878.
Description: Minneapolis: Johnson, Smith & Harrison, 1878. 225[1] pp including index & errata leaf, numerous plates, text illustrations, folding and multifolding maps including some that are coloured, text atbles, etc, etc. 'From the library of James CROLL (1821-1890), Scottish scientist and geologist. He was essentially self-taught with a background in hotel management and insurance. His orthodox scientific career began with an appointment to the Geological Survey of Scotland in 1867, a position he held until 1881. He corresponded with Lyell, Geikie and Darwin; Geikie in particular encouraging him in his researches. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1876 and received an honorary LL.D. from St. Andrews in the same year. The last ten years of his life were dogged by ill-health and he died in Perth in 1890.' Disbound with comliment slip tipped in on title page. 21.5 cm x 14 cm. Marginal age browning to contents.

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