Sopwith, Thomas.

14 wooden models illustrating geological strata and formations, dedication slip and scale pasted to inside of case lid, facsimile pamphlet, housed in the original large 8vo-size (270 x 190mm.) book-style half morocco case

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A rare collection of geological models, dedicated to William Buckland, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur. Sopwith's models feature in Charles Lyell's The Student's Elements of Geology (editions from 1874). Extant sets seem to vary in their make-up, with twelve pieces appearing standard (cf. the set at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge University). The present set has fourteen.