The Yorkshire Lias.
London. John Van Voorst. 1876. 8vo. 22cm, first edition, viii,473,xiip., title-page vignette, 9 text illustrations (1 full page), 2 colour folding plates, 19 rear lithographed plates, (containing c.250 specimen illustrations), large rear colour folding map laid-in, original brown cloth boards re-backed in brown cloth with new red spine label, new endpapers, wear on the front corners of the boards, very good sound clean copy rare; no auction records or listings located. Item #44111
~ ~ ~ A major geological study of the Lias (the lower group of Jurassic strata), carried out in Yorkshire, England an area noted for the abundance of fossils. The book is divided in two parts: Geology and Paleontology. Very detailed study by two very prominent British geologists: Ralph Tate (1840-1901) and John Frederick Blake (1839-1906).
Price: $750.00