Charles Lyell.

A Manual of Elementary Geology [5th edition].

London: John Murray, 1855. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 23 x 15 cm. Octavo. 655 pages 32pp [ads dated November, 1856] 40pp [supplement]. 717 figures in the next. Hand colored frontispiece. 5th edition of the work originally titled "Elements of Geology".In original brown cloth with stamp stamped design and lettering. Bound into the rear is the "Supplement ot the Fifth Edition of a Manual of Elementary Geology", second edition, John Murray 1859. Additional figures in the supplement. The sections in the supplement are "British Pliocene Strata", "Where to Draw the Line between the Miocene and Eocene Tertiary Strata", "Denudation of the Wealden", "Upper trias of the Eastern Alps". Two bookplates on front endpapers. Front and rear gutter are severely cracked and would benefit from professional restoration. Binding is quite shaken. Front fixed endpaper is no longer affixed to front cover. Fair. Item #77376

Each edition of this work has new and updated information and figures by the most influential of 19th century geologists. This work was originally intended as a 4th volume to Lyell's monumental "Principles of Geology"

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