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MURCHISON, Roderick Impey (1792-1871). The Silurian System, founded on Geological Researches. London: John Murray, 1839.
3 volumes (including map atlas), 4o (309 x 244 mm). 56 lithographed and engraved plates (some folding and hand-colored); atlas containing map in 3 large folding sections, each section consisting of 8 engraved and hand-colored plates, mounted on linen. Contemporary half calf (rebacked, text volumes rebacked preserving original spines). Provenance: George Henry Saunders (bookplate in text vols.); Charles Singer (1876-1960), historian of medicine and science (book labels).
FIRST EDITION of the culmination of Murchison's twenty years of geological research during his classification of the greywacke rocks along the border of Wales. "His studies resulted in the establishment of the Silurian system of grouping geological formations found elsewhere, keyed to those he had found in the border counties (the Silures were an old British tribe of the area)" (Dibner). Heralds of Science 97; Ward-Carozzi 1620; Norman 1569. (3)
3 volumes (including map atlas), 4
FIRST EDITION of the culmination of Murchison's twenty years of geological research during his classification of the greywacke rocks along the border of Wales. "His studies resulted in the establishment of the Silurian system of grouping geological formations found elsewhere, keyed to those he had found in the border counties (the Silures were an old British tribe of the area)" (Dibner). Heralds of Science 97; Ward-Carozzi 1620; Norman 1569. (3)