Buckland (William). [Sammelband of geological and palaeontological tracts], 1820-24


Buckland (William). [Sammelband of geological and palaeontological tracts], 1820-24, comprising: 1. Vindiciae Geologicae; or the Connexion of Geology with Religion Explained, in an Inaugural Lecture delivered before the University of Oxford, May 15, 1819, on the Endowment of a Readership in Geology by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, 1st edition, Oxford: at the University Press for the author, 1820, [8] 38 pp., retaining half-title, without folding plate of manuscript facsimile noted in some copies, small mark to fore margin of title-page and verso of half-title, 2. Account of an Assemblage of Fossil Teeth and Bones of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Bear, Tiger, and Hyaena, and Sixteen Other Animals; discovered in a Cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire, in the Year 1821 ... from the Philosophical Transactions, London: William Nicol, 1822, 68 pp., 12 engraved plates numbered XV-XXVI, title-page repaired, pp. 67-8 and plates spotted, 3. Notice on the Megalosaurus or Great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield, from the Transactions of the Geological Society of London, London: Richard Taylor, 1824, [389]-396 [1] pp., 5 lithographic plates numbered XL-XLIV (2 double-page, 1 folding), list of plates, title-page slightly marked, plate XLI imprint shaved, XLII image just shaved, XLIII (folding) nicked and dust-soiled along fore edge affecting imprint, 4. Observations on the South-Western Coal District of England. By W. Buckland and W. Conybeare. From the Transactions of the Geological Society of London, London: Richard Taylor, 1824, [ 210]-316 [1] pp., list of plates, 7 lithographic plates, maps and plans numbered XXXII-XXXVIII, 4 folding (no. XXXII opening to 26 x 105 cm), all but one hand-coloured, number XXXII with slip-cancels, slightly marked in top margin, and trimmed closely to image along bottom edge at one point, engraved bookplate (Thomas Parry, motto 'Live Well'), contemporary tan calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, 4to (26.2 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1)


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