Geological Society. Transactions of the Geological Society, 12 volumes (in 13), First Series, Volumes I-V & Second Series, Volumes I-VII, London, 1811-1856, 472 engraved & lithograph maps and plates including some hand-coloured, (including 140 folding or double page), few wood engraved illustrations, occasional spotting, some light toning & occasional dust-soiling to margins, uniform 20th century cloth gilt, few boards slightly damp mottled, 4to (Qty: 13) A complete run of both series of the this important & pioneering geological publication. During the publication period of 1811 to 1856, the Transactions featured almost 350 papers, many of which have become important classic works. Complete sets rarely appear for sale. For the First Series 'It was decided [by a Special General Committee of the Geological Society] first that there should be printed 750 copies of each volume of the journal, and second "That the ink employed shall be of the best quality". The Society was determined to produce a journal capable of standing comparison with any other of the world's leading periodicals' (Herries Davies, Whatever is under the Earth; the Geological Society of London 1807 to 2007, page 37). Important contributors to the first series include such names as Leonard Horner, Thomas Webster James Parkinson, William Buckland Richard Hennah, John Macculloch and J.S. Henslow. The Second Series contains articles by Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Buckland, Murchison, Richard Owen, Gideon Mantell, William John Broderip and W.D. Conybeare.
Geological Society. Transactions of the Geological Society, 12 volumes (in 13), First Series, Volumes I-V & Second Series, Volumes I-VII, London, 1811-1856, 472 engraved & lithograph maps and plates including some hand-coloured, (including 140 folding or double page), few wood engraved illustrations, occasional spotting, some light toning & occasional dust-soiling to margins, uniform 20th century cloth gilt, few boards slightly damp mottled, 4to (Qty: 13) A complete run of both series of the this important & pioneering geological publication. During the publication period of 1811 to 1856, the Transactions featured almost 350 papers, many of which have become important classic works. Complete sets rarely appear for sale. For the First Series 'It was decided [by a Special General Committee of the Geological Society] first that there should be printed 750 copies of each volume of the journal, and second "That the ink employed shall be of the best quality". The Society was determined to produce a journal capable of standing comparison with any other of the world's leading periodicals' (Herries Davies, Whatever is under the Earth; the Geological Society of London 1807 to 2007, page 37). Important contributors to the first series include such names as Leonard Horner, Thomas Webster James Parkinson, William Buckland Richard Hennah, John Macculloch and J.S. Henslow. The Second Series contains articles by Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Buckland, Murchison, Richard Owen, Gideon Mantell, William John Broderip and W.D. Conybeare.
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