Item #43990 The Lithology of Edinburgh; By the late Rev. John Fleming. Edited with a Memoir by the John Duns, Torphichen. John FLEMING.
The Lithology of Edinburgh; By the late Rev. John Fleming. Edited with a Memoir by the John Duns, Torphichen.
The Lithology of Edinburgh; By the late Rev. John Fleming. Edited with a Memoir by the John Duns, Torphichen.

The Lithology of Edinburgh; By the late Rev. John Fleming. Edited with a Memoir by the John Duns, Torphichen.

Edinburgh. William F. Kennedy. 1859. 8vo. 22cm, The First Edition, viii,102,18p., (publisher’s ads.), photographic frontis portrait, 6 figures, in the original fine pebble grain brown cloth, blind decorated borders on the boards beveled edges, gilt spine titles, some foxing mostly on the preliminaries, the inner hinge are shaken but holding, very good, rare. ~ ~ ~ No copies located on the four major on line sights. ~ ~ ~ ~ A detailed study of the physical characteristics of rocks in and around Edinburgh. Reverend Fleming (1785-1857) was Professor of Natural Science, New College, Edinburgh. “… [Among others} … he wrote a detailed description and classification of British fauna. Controversy with William Buckland over nature of the deluge, and with Hilliam Conybeare over fossil evidence for aw armer climate in the past. Rejected Lyell’s uniformitarian views for earth history as a whole”. DSB. Scribner’s. Item #43990

Price: $500.00

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