Owen, Richard. A History of British Fossil Reptiles. Part 1. - Chelonia. 4to., Printed for the

Owen, Richard. A History of British Fossil Reptiles. Part 1. - Chelonia. 4to., Printed for the Author, 1849. Bound with; Part II. - Crocodilia, Ophidia. Printed for the Author, 1850. Bound with; Section II. Fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations. Printed for the Author, 1851. Bound with; Section II. Fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous Formations. Part V. Enaliosauria, Pterosauria, Dinosauria. Printed for the Author, 1851. Bound with; Section III. Fossils of the Wealden Formations. Part VI. Dinosauria. Printed for the Author, 1855. The pagination is consecutive through the parts above from page 1 to 328. Four parts have lists of subscribers three of which are identical, the fourth lacking two names. The collection contains 120 lithographic plates. Some scattered spotting. Contemporary full calf boards with a later calf spine. * Richard Owen (1808-1892) was one of the leading nineteenth century paleontologists and an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils. He gave the English language (firstly in the work above) the word Dinosaur formed from two Greek words e???? (deinos) "terrible, powerful, wondrous" and sa???? (sauros) "lizard".