Lyell, Charles

i) Elements of Geology. 1838, FIRST EDITION, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, plain illustrations, contemporary half calf, very slightly worn; ii) Another copy. 1841, 2 volumes, second edition, half-titles, 8 engraved plates and maps, some folding, 4 hand-coloured, illustrations, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; iii) Principles of Geology. 1835, 4 volumes, fourth edition, engraved plates and maps, some folding and/or hand-coloured, contemporary blind-stamped calf; iv) The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man. 1863, third edition, revised, 2 plates, illustrations, nineteenth-century half morocco; v) The Student's Elements of Geology. 1878, third edition, revised, frontispiece, illustrations, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed; all 8vo (9)

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