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Rare Geology Book: Ray, John; Philosophical letters between the late learned Mr. Ray and several of his ingenious correspondents, natives and foreigners.
Ray, John; Philosophical letters between the late learned Mr. Ray and several of his ingenious correspondents, natives and foreigners. To which are added those of Francis Willughby esq; The whole consisting of many curious discoveries and improvements in the history of quadrupeds, birds, fishes, insects, plants, fossiles, fountains, &c. Published by W. Derham. Published : London, Printed by W. and J. Innys, 1718.  Octavo, pp.  8, 376, 10, 2 pages ads,  illustrated.

The work is complete and in a period full paneled calf with gilt spine panels and titles. The binding is tight and clean, the text is clean, owners name on end sheet. A very fine copy.

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Rare Geology Book: Ray, John; Three Physico-Theological Discourses, concerning I. The Primitive Chaos, and Creation of the World. II. The General Deluge, its Causes and Effects. III The Dissolution of the World, and Future Conflagration.
Ray, John; Three Physico-Theological Discourses, concerning I. The Primitive Chaos, and Creation of the World. II. The General Deluge, its Causes and Effects. III The Dissolution of the World, and Future Conflagration. 2nd edition, London, Princes Arms, St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1693. Octavo, pp. 34, 406, 2 pages ads, 4 copper engraved plates.

The work is complete and in a period full paneled calf with gilt titles. the binding is tight and clean with light scuffing to boards. The text is clean with light toning and light foxing to some signatures. In very good condition.

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Rare Geology Book: Samuel Schmidt; Traite du Deluge Par L’Auteur de la Methode d’un Thermometre Universel. Basle, Emanuel Tourneisen. 1761.
Schmidt, Samuel; Traite du Deluge Par L’Auteur de la Methode d’un Thermometre Universel. Basle, Emanuel Tourneisen. 1761. Octavo, pp. 30, folded engraved map of the mountains and plains of Armenia before the deluge.

This rare work is complete and in a 19th century marbled boards. The binding is tight and clean, text and map are very clean, small book plate of owner on paste down. In very good condition.
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Rare Geology Book: Schmidt, Johann Friedrich J.; Vulkanstudien. Santorin 1866 bis 1872. Vesuv, Bajae, Stromboli, Aetna..1874.
Schmidt, Johann Friedrich J.; Vulkanstudien. Santorin 1866 bis 1872. Vesuv, Bajae, Stromboli, Aetna 1870. Leipzig, 1874. Quarto, pp. vi, 236, errata, 7 lithograph folding plates (some in color).

The work is complete and in a period calf and marbled boards with gilt titles. The binding is clean and tight, owners book plate on end sheet, text and plates are very clean. In very good condition.

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Rare Geology Book: Sedgwick, Adam & Murchison, Roderick I.; On the Distribution and Classification of the Older or Palaeozoic Deposits of the North of Germany and Belgium..1842
Sedgwick, Adam & Murchison, Roderick I.; On the Distribution and Classification of the Older or Palaeozoic Deposits of the North of Germany and Belgium, and their Comparison with Formations of the same Age in the British Isles. with Supplementary Observations, Sections, and a Map....Followed by a Description of the Fossil Mollusca, by M. E. De'Verneuil, and Viscount D'Archiac, Members of the Geological Society of France, etc. Stand alone offprint Vol. IV, Trans. Geol. Soc. London, 1842. Quarto, title page,  pp. 190, 7, 16 plates including  folded hand colored map and sections.

This rare work is complete and in a contemporary calf and marbled boards. The binding is tight and clean with light scuffing to covers. The text is very clean, plates are clean with moderate foxing to the last plate. Book plate of  William Alexandre Ooster (1816- ?) on end sheet. Ooster made major contributions to the study of the paleontology and stratigraphy of the Swiss Alps. Presented by Ooster to a later owner with inscription on end sheet dated 17 September 1895. In very good condition.

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Rare geology book: Socquet, Giuseppe Maria. Essai Analitique, Médical et Topographique La Perriere springs...1824
Socquet, Giuseppe Maria. Essai Analitique, Médical et Topographique, sur les Eaux Minérales, Gazeuses-Acidules et Thermo-Sulfureuses, de La Perrière, près Moutiers, en Savoie. Paris, Turin & Lyon, 1824. Octavo, pp. 8, 302, 2, 9, 2 page errata, folded map.

The book is complete later cloth with gilt titles and with original paper cover title laid on. The binding is tight and clean. The contents have very minor light foxing, map minor light foxing. In very good condition.

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Rare geology book: Symons, G. J.; Editor; The Eruption of Krakatoa and Subsequent Phenomena. 1888
Symons, G. J.; Editor; The Eruption of Krakatoa and Subsequent Phenomena. Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society. London: Trubner & Co., Ludgate Hill,  1888. Large quarto, pp. xvi, 494, two page colored frontispiece, 1 colored plate, 43 b/w plates, maps and charts, 16 figures and diagrams.

The work is complete and in the original maroon colored cloth with gilt titles. The binding is tight and clean with minor scuffing, text is very clean, x-lib. with book plate on paste down and rubber stamp to corner of some plates. In very good condition.

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Rare Geology Book: Thomas Sterry Hunt; The Taconic Question in Geology, Parts 1 & 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Vol. 1, Montreal,1883.
Hunt, Thomas Sterry; The Taconic Question in Geology, Parts 1 & 2. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Vol. 1, Montreal,1883. Quarto, pp. 138, illustrated, with tipped in penned letter from Hunt to Daniel Cady Eaton (famous botanist 1834-1895) dated February 1, 1884.

This work is complete and in an archival folder with the original signed title wraps bound in. The binding is tight and clean, original title cover re-backed. Text is clean. Signed by Hunt on cover to Prof. D. C. Eaton ( Daniel Cady Eaton relative of Amos Eaton) with accompanying letter tipped in. In very good
condition.
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