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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Reliquiae Diluvianae: Or, Observations on the Organic Remains Contained in Caves, Fissures, and Diluvial Gravel, and on Other Geological Phe.

Paperback / softback. New. William Buckland (1784-1856) was an English geologist best known for his contributions to palaeontology. This volume, first published in 1823, contains Buckland's account of his influential research in Kirkland Cave, Yorkshire which demonstrated for the first time the ability of scientific analysis to reconstruct events from deep time.

Cambridge University Press, 2011-02-17. Reissue. Paperback. Used:Good.

Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. 8x0x11. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

John Murray, London, 1823. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition: vii, [1], 303 pages, illustrated with text illustrations, 27 plates,maps (3 hand-colored) and folding table. Ex Libri, Library hardcover with spine label, text block beginning to split on first few pages. Library pocket paste down and all plates, maps have discreet library stamp of Bradford Library. All plates/maps as called for. Odd spotting to page edges and evidence that the book has been cut to a slightly smaller size at top of pages as some plate numbers are partially missing. Contents clean otherwise. "Reliquiae", his most acclaimed and influential treatise, outlines his arguments for a global deluge in Noah's time. The volume documents Buckland's keen observations and discoveries of the bones of antediluvian mammals (hyaenas, tigers, elephants, rhinos, etc.) in caves and river-gravels in England, France, Germany and elsewhere. Later chapters discuss geologic evidence of catastrophic… Read More