Search Results: petrificata derbiensia or figures and descriptions by martin william

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-01. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. Paperback. New. 9x5x0. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New.

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Wigan: printed by D. Lyon, sold by White, 1793. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. (1793)-1809. 4to (256 x 200 mm). ix [3], ii, ii, [102], 28 pp., including half-title, 54 hand-colored engraved plates (many heightened with gum arabic) and explanatory text. Bound in 20th century half calf, spine with 5 raised bands, black lettering piece and gilt decoration. Pages and plates uncut. Occasional minor spotting, few plates with light color offsetting to text, a few pencil notes. Provenance: paper slip with pencil notes tipped in between first endpaper. A very good, crisp and clean copy. ---- FIRST EDITION of the first English paleontological work using coloured illustrations, describing the Carboniferous limestone and other fossils of Derbyshire. Originally issued in 4 parts in 1793, then completed and issued in book form in 1809. "Martin's claim to fame lies chiefly in his Petrificata Derbiensia, subtitled 'Figures and Descriptions of Petrifactions… Read More