ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. Transactions of...Volumes I-II. Edinburgh, 1788-90. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary half calf, front joint of second volume worn, minor wear at edges; some offsetting from plates. One folding text leaf; 13 engraved plates (some folding). (3)

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ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH. Transactions of...Volumes I-II. Edinburgh, 1788-90. 2 volumes, 4to, contemporary half calf, front joint of second volume worn, minor wear at edges; some offsetting from plates. One folding text leaf; 13 engraved plates (some folding). (3)

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Contains the first appearance of James Hutton's Theory of the Earth and Theory of Rain (in Volume I). See PMM 247; see Grolier/Horblit 52a.

[With:] HUTTON, JAMES. The Theory of the Earth...In Four Parts. Vol. III. London, 1899. 8vo, original printed wrappers. First Edition.

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