1853 Rivers Mountains and Sea Coast of Yorkshire John Phillips First Edition

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The Rivers, Mountains, and Sea-Coast of Yorkshire.

With Essays on the Climate, Scenery, and Ancient Inhabitants of the County.

by John Phillips, F.R.S.

1853 - London - John Murray

9\" by 6\"; (xv) 302pp, 16pp

DETAILS

A first edition cloth bound copy of John Phillips\' geological work.

With a lithographed frontispiece map and 35 captivating engraved plates(collated, complete) depicting scenes from Yorkshire, including one hand-coloured plate.

John Phillips FRS (25 December 1800 – 24 April 1874) was an English geologist. In 1841 he published the first global geologic time scale based on the correlation of fossils in rock strata, thereby helping to standardize terminology including the term Mesozoic, which he invented.

CONDITION

In a green cloth binding with gilt titledetail. Externally, sound with bumping and wear to the extremities and fading to the spine and extremities. Internally, binding generally firmly bound althoughloosening in places. Pages bright with some spotting, particularly on endpapers. Pencil marks on front pastedown and copperplate ink inscription on front free endpaper. Overall: GOOD.

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