Memoirs of the Geological Survey of GB, v2, pt2, 1848. incl. De la Beche on the Coals suited to the Steam Navy

Geological Survey of England & Wales

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Memoirs of the Geological Survey of GB, v2, pt2, 1848. London: Longman et al. 387-710 +v pp + 22 plates at back of which 4 are maps, 4 are fold-out ore-processing plant diagrams and 14 are fossil plates. Hardback,  in Survey’s original embossed greenish grey cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and Survey crest. Light shelf wear, binding sound. Pages partly uncut, clean with light age-toning apart from last two fossil plates which are foxed. Of the eleven papers, the major articles are: Dr. Hooker, On the Vegetation of the Carboniferous Period, as compared with that of the present day (pp387-430); Henry De la Beche and Lyon Playfair, First Report on the Coals suited to the Steam Navy (pp539-630; Robert Hunt, Notices on the History of the Lead Mines of Cardiganshire (pp635-654); and Warington W Smyth, On the Mining District of Cardiganshire and Montgomeryshire (pp655-684). Further details on request. Cover in good condition. Text and Plates in good to very good condition.