Geological Society. Transactions of the Geological Society, Established November 13, 1807, First Series, volumes 1-5 in 7, and Second Series, volumes 1-7, London, 1811-56, together 14 volumes, 479 engraved and lithograph plates, maps and plans including some hand-coloured, (including 113 folding & 28 double-page), few wood engraved illustrations, title pages to text and plates volumes of First Series volume 1 both with ink stamp 'G' surmounted by peer's coronet, occasional scattered spotting, untrimmed fore-edges to series 1 volume 5 parts 1 & 2, 20th-century uniform dark green cloth, 4to, together with: Ormerod (George Wareing), A Classified Index to the Transactions, Proceedings, and Quarterly Journal of The Geological Society of London: including all the Memoirs and Notices to the end of 1855, London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1858, original cloth, light wear to joints at head and foot, extremities rubbed, spine faded, 8vo (Quantity: 15) 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, Established November 13, 1807, First Series, volumes 1-5 in 7, and Second Series, volumes 1-7, London, 1811-56, together 14 volumes, 479 engraved and lithograph plates, maps and plans including some hand-coloured, (including 113 folding & 28 double-page), few wood engraved illustrations, title pages to text and plates volumes of First Series volume 1 both with ink stamp 'G' surmounted by peer's coronet, occasional scattered spotting, untrimmed fore-edges to series 1 volume 5 parts 1 & 2, 20th-century uniform dark green cloth, 4to, together with: Ormerod (George Wareing), A Classified Index to the Transactions, Proceedings, and Quarterly Journal of The Geological Society of London: including all the Memoirs and Notices to the end of 1855, London: Printed by Taylor and Francis, 1858, original cloth, light wear to joints at head and foot, extremities rubbed, spine faded, 8vo (Quantity: 15) 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.
Testen Sie LotSearch und seine Premium-Features 7 Tage - ohne Kosten!
Lassen Sie sich automatisch über neue Objekte in kommenden Auktionen benachrichtigen.
Suchauftrag anlegen
