[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Buckland's "Geology and Mineralogy" London: 1836

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(GEOLOGY) Buckland, William. GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY Considered with Reference to Natural Theology. London: William Pickering. 1836. First edition. 2 volumes. xvi,599,(1);viii,128pp. plus 87 plates at the back of Volume 2, some folding, including one double-page hand colored plate. Index. 19th century half calf over marbled boards, red morocco labels. Extremities a bit rubbed, but a very nice set.    $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition. Considered the most complete compendium of geological and paleontological science to this date. Published as part of the prestigious "Bridgewater Treatises" series (Treatise VI). With the armorial bookplate of English industrialist Robert Hyde Greg
 (1795-1875)

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