Cuvier, M. [Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, or Georges]; with mineralogical notes and an account of Cuvier's geological discoveries by Professor Jameson

Essay on the Theory of the Earth

Edinburgh: William Blackwood / Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817. Third edition, with additions. Leather Bound. 348pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Full leather; stamped with an elaborate blind stamped diamond pattern and gilt border on covers. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. A bit of soiling, scuffing and sunning to boards. Foot of spine is badly bumped and scuffed, exposing underlying boards. Elaborate bookplate on front pastedown, along with a bookseller's ticket. Binding is quite tight. Very Good -. Item #70532

A foundational text in the field of paleontology.

Price: $150.00