細節
HUTTON, James (1726-97). "Theory of the Earth; or an Investigation of the Laws in the Composition, Dissolution, and Restoration of Land upon the Globe" in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, volume I, Edinburgh: J. Dickson, 1788.
4° (259 x 204mm.), half title, engraved circular vignette on title, 4 engraved plates, 2 folding (some spotting), contemporary speckled calf (rebacked and recornered); armorial bookplate of Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow.
Hutton's famous paper, later expanded into a three volume book is regarded as the foundation of modern geology. "It firmly established the conception of the geological cycle and insisted on the length of geological time" (Chalinor History of British Geology, 69). Dibner 93; Horblit 52a (note); Norman 1130 (offprint); cf. PMM 247.
4° (259 x 204mm.), half title, engraved circular vignette on title, 4 engraved plates, 2 folding (some spotting), contemporary speckled calf (rebacked and recornered); armorial bookplate of Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow.
Hutton's famous paper, later expanded into a three volume book is regarded as the foundation of modern geology. "It firmly established the conception of the geological cycle and insisted on the length of geological time" (Chalinor History of British Geology, 69). Dibner 93; Horblit 52a (note); Norman 1130 (offprint); cf. PMM 247.
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