Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison. Based on his Journals and Letters, with Notices of his Scientific Contemporaries and a Sketch of the Rise and Growth of Palæozoic Geology in Britain.
London: John Murray, 1875. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. (iii-xiv), 387, (1); (iii-viii), 375, (1) pp., bound without the half titles. Contemporary brown half morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, endpapers and all edges marbled. 20 portraits (including Lyell, De La Beche..... More