Memoirs of William Smith, LL.D., author of the Map of the Strata of England and Wales
By PHILLIPS John1800-1874
VG, 1st ed, 1844, only 500 copies printed. In the original publishers brown embossed cloth, corners bumped. Re-laid spine, gilt titles. frontis, [5], (vi-viii), [1], [1], [1], 2-150 pp, (8) adverts, 5 pls (portraits), 13 illustrations within text, yellow endpapers, ink numbers at spine base, library stamp to fpd & verso of frontis, hinges strenghtened, new rear endpaper, small label to verso frontis. But a nice copy of an uncommon item. (Lowndes 1855). A portrait of a leading geologist whose work on the understanding of strata was an important contribution to the field. In 1831, the new generation of Fellows of the Geological Society, long aware of the treatment meted out to Smith, awarded him their first Wollaston medal in ?recognition of his being a great and original discoverer in English Geology? (Proceedings of the Geological Society, 1, 1831, 271). In 1832 he received a government pension of £100 a year.
Published by: John Murray, London: Albemarle Street, 1844
Vendor: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB)
By PHILLIPS John1800-1874
VG, 1st ed, 1844, only 500 copies printed. In the original publishers brown embossed cloth, corners bumped. Re-laid spine, gilt titles. frontis, [5], (vi-viii), [1], [1], [1], 2-150 pp, (8) adverts, 5 pls (portraits), 13 illustrations within text, yellow endpapers, ink numbers at spine base, library stamp to fpd & verso of frontis, hinges strenghtened, new rear endpaper, small label to verso frontis. But a nice copy of an uncommon item. (Lowndes 1855). A portrait of a leading geologist whose work on the understanding of strata was an important contribution to the field. In 1831, the new generation of Fellows of the Geological Society, long aware of the treatment meted out to Smith, awarded him their first Wollaston medal in ?recognition of his being a great and original discoverer in English Geology? (Proceedings of the Geological Society, 1, 1831, 271). In 1832 he received a government pension of £100 a year.
Published by: John Murray, London: Albemarle Street, 1844
Vendor: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB)
