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SMITH, William (1769-1839). [Geological Sections.] (No general title-page). London: John Cary, 1817-1819.
4° (340 x 258mm). Containing six large folding hand-coloured engraved panoramic horizontal sections, all mounted on guards, with titles as follows: 1. Geological Section from London to Snowdon, showing the Varieties of the Strata, and the correct altitude of the Hills. 15 July 1817. 325 x 1360mm. (One creasefold with two long splits, but without loss, tiny marginal nick just into imprint.); 2. Vertical Section of Strata in Surry [sic] dipping northward; Section of Strata in Sussex dipping southward. Single section, 340 x 920mm. (Occasional faint dust-soiling to lower margin.); 3. Section of the Strata through Hampshire and Wiltshire to Bath, on the road from Bath to Salisbury. Single section, 336 x 923mm. (Dust-soiling to extreme marginal edges.); 4. Geological View and Section through Dorsetshire and Somersetshire to Taunton on the road through Yeovil to Wimborn Minster. Single section, 336 x 927mm. (Minor dogearing, occasional faint marginal dust-soiling.); 5. Geological View and Section in Essex and Hertfordshire; Geological View and Section of the country between London and Cambridge. Two sections, one above the other, 334 x 922mm. (Light dust-soiling to gutter and lower margin, extreme left-hand margin creased but not affecting image.); 6. Geological View and Section of Norfolk; Geological View and Section through Suffolk to Ely. Two sections, one above the other, 332 x 916mm. (Light dust-soiling to upper margin.) — Richard THOMAS (1779-1858). Hand-coloured engraved folding panoramic horizontal section entitled: Geological view of the mining district of Cornwall corresponding with the map from Chasewater to Camborne. London: J. Cary, 1 July 1819. Single section, 340 x 920mm. (Faint soiling to gutter and margins, this latter occasionally extending into image.) 20th-century library buckram.
SPECTACULAR GEOLOGICAL SECTIONS BY WILLIAM SMITH. After Smith’s single-handed publication of his pioneering large-scale national geological map in 1815, he continued to issue geological sections to supplement this work. These amply demonstrate Smith's understanding of stratigraphy, his major contribution to the science of geology. ‘The sections were sold at five shillings each, and Cary also lists them as available in a quarto volume, bound with the London to Snowdon section (No. 18 above) and the “Table of Organized Fossils” (No. 16 B above); two sheets of mining sections in Cornwall, by Richard Thomas, dated 1 July 1819, are also usually included in this volume’ (Eyles, 26). This lot is the 4° volume which Eyles references, although in this copy, the Table of Organized Fossils – explicitly referred to in the London to Snowdon section – is not present, and only one of Richard Thomas' sections is present. EXTREMELY RARE: IN THE PAST 50 YEARS, ONLY TWO COPIES OF THE LONDON-SNOWDON SECTION HAVE SOLD AT AUCTION (Dominic Winter 9 November 2011, lot 310; Sotheby’s 23 January 1967, lot 194), AND ONLY ONE CAN BE TRACED IN THE BOOK TRADE (Maggs cat. 1342, item 42). Challinor 87 and p.96; J.M. Eyles ‘William Smith ... A Bibliography’ in J. Soc. Bib. Nat. Hist. (1969) 5 (2), nos 18 and 26; J. Fuller, ‘Strata Smith and his stratigraphic cross sections: 1819’ in AAPG Bulletin (1995).
4° (340 x 258mm). Containing six large folding hand-coloured engraved panoramic horizontal sections, all mounted on guards, with titles as follows: 1. Geological Section from London to Snowdon, showing the Varieties of the Strata, and the correct altitude of the Hills. 15 July 1817. 325 x 1360mm. (One creasefold with two long splits, but without loss, tiny marginal nick just into imprint.); 2. Vertical Section of Strata in Surry [sic] dipping northward; Section of Strata in Sussex dipping southward. Single section, 340 x 920mm. (Occasional faint dust-soiling to lower margin.); 3. Section of the Strata through Hampshire and Wiltshire to Bath, on the road from Bath to Salisbury. Single section, 336 x 923mm. (Dust-soiling to extreme marginal edges.); 4. Geological View and Section through Dorsetshire and Somersetshire to Taunton on the road through Yeovil to Wimborn Minster. Single section, 336 x 927mm. (Minor dogearing, occasional faint marginal dust-soiling.); 5. Geological View and Section in Essex and Hertfordshire; Geological View and Section of the country between London and Cambridge. Two sections, one above the other, 334 x 922mm. (Light dust-soiling to gutter and lower margin, extreme left-hand margin creased but not affecting image.); 6. Geological View and Section of Norfolk; Geological View and Section through Suffolk to Ely. Two sections, one above the other, 332 x 916mm. (Light dust-soiling to upper margin.) — Richard THOMAS (1779-1858). Hand-coloured engraved folding panoramic horizontal section entitled: Geological view of the mining district of Cornwall corresponding with the map from Chasewater to Camborne. London: J. Cary, 1 July 1819. Single section, 340 x 920mm. (Faint soiling to gutter and margins, this latter occasionally extending into image.) 20th-century library buckram.
SPECTACULAR GEOLOGICAL SECTIONS BY WILLIAM SMITH. After Smith’s single-handed publication of his pioneering large-scale national geological map in 1815, he continued to issue geological sections to supplement this work. These amply demonstrate Smith's understanding of stratigraphy, his major contribution to the science of geology. ‘The sections were sold at five shillings each, and Cary also lists them as available in a quarto volume, bound with the London to Snowdon section (No. 18 above) and the “Table of Organized Fossils” (No. 16 B above); two sheets of mining sections in Cornwall, by Richard Thomas, dated 1 July 1819, are also usually included in this volume’ (Eyles, 26). This lot is the 4° volume which Eyles references, although in this copy, the Table of Organized Fossils – explicitly referred to in the London to Snowdon section – is not present, and only one of Richard Thomas' sections is present. EXTREMELY RARE: IN THE PAST 50 YEARS, ONLY TWO COPIES OF THE LONDON-SNOWDON SECTION HAVE SOLD AT AUCTION (Dominic Winter 9 November 2011, lot 310; Sotheby’s 23 January 1967, lot 194), AND ONLY ONE CAN BE TRACED IN THE BOOK TRADE (Maggs cat. 1342, item 42). Challinor 87 and p.96; J.M. Eyles ‘William Smith ... A Bibliography’ in J. Soc. Bib. Nat. Hist. (1969) 5 (2), nos 18 and 26; J. Fuller, ‘Strata Smith and his stratigraphic cross sections: 1819’ in AAPG Bulletin (1995).
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Please note there are six geological sections by William Smith in this volume, and not 5 as stated in the printed catalogue.
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Julian Wilson