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London: John Murray, 1837. Fifth edition (hardback), volume 4 (of 4) only. 12mo (19cm by 11cm), title, 448pp. 6 folding plates (numbered 10-15 inclusive), including a coloured view of the volcanoes in Catalonia, and a coloured geological map of the south-east of England. 20th-century binding of half brown morocco, marbled boards, gilt titling to the spine. Light foxing of the preliminary pages, light creasing to some of the plates; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. Please note that this is volume 4 only.

London: John Murray, 1835. Fourth Edition. Lyell’s principal work established geology as a science. In opposition to the cataclysmic theories of geological change expounded by Cuvier and others, Lyell argued that the order of nature in the past was uniform with that in the present, and that geologists should always try to explain past geological phenomena by analogy with modern conditions. Darwin, who had copies of the first two volumes of the Principles with him on the Beagle expedition, frequently acknowledged the enormous influence the work had on his thinking. cfDibner 96. cfHorblit 70. cfSparrow, Milestones of Science, 140. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man 344n. 4 Volumes. 12mo. pp. xviii, [1 leaf]plate list, 406; 2 p.l., 465, [1], [4]ads; 2 p.l., 455, [1]; 2 p.l., 456. with half-titles in Vols. II-IV. 9 engraved plates (6 folding), 1 folding hand-coloured aquatint plate, & 6 engraved maps (3 folding, 3 hand-coloured). numerous wood engravings in the text. Untrimmed & partly unopened in original… Read More

London: John Murray, 1832. minor spotting, overall a very good set.. Three volumes, octavo, with a total of 11 plates, two of which are hand-coloured frontispieces, and including three maps, two of which are folding and two coloured; without the half-title in vol. 3, not called for in other volumes; bound in later plain calf, flat spines banded and numbered in gilt, red leather labels. A good early set of this classic by 'the father of modern geology', composed of the second edition of the first volume, and first editions of the other two volumes. Principles of Geology "has been called the most important scientific book ever... [it] shook prevailing views of how the earth had been formed" (Cambridge). "One of the key works in the nineteenth century encounters between science and Scripture, Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology sought to explain the geological state of the modern Earth by considering the long-term effects of observable natural phenomena. Written with clarity and a dazzling… Read More

London, John Murray, 1830.. FIRST EDITIONS, COMPLETE SET, 3 VOLUMES 1830-1833. 8vos, approximately 215 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, VOLUME I: engraved frontispiece, 1 engraved folding map, 1 engraved plate and 33 text illustrations; VOLUME II: hand coloured aquatint frontispiece, folding hand coloured map, 8 text illustrations; VOLUME III: hand coloured frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, coloured map, 88 text illustrations, pages: Volume I, xvi, [1]-511 including index, plus 1 page publisher's advert; Volume II, xii, [1]-330, including index; Volume III, xxxi plus Errata, [1]-398, [1]-110 - Appendix, Glossary and Index, plus 3 pages publisher's adverts, half-title in Volume I and III, not called for in Volume II, rebound at sometime in modern half crushed morocco, 2 gilt lettered labels and gilt decoration to spines, new pale blue endpapers, gilt top edges, gilt decorated dividing lines. Foxing to the black and white plates in Volume I with offset to pages opposite (see attached images), pale foxing to… Read More

London, John Murray, 1830.. 3 VOLUMES, COMPLETE SET, FIRST EDITIONS 1830-1833, PRESENTATION SET to "W(illiam) L(onsdale) (geologist, see below) from the author" inscribed on half-title of Volume I and "Lieut. Lonsdale from the author" on front endpaper to Volume II (see attached images). The signature on Volume 1 is either in a secretary's hand or Lonsdale's, but the signature on Volume 2 is in Lyell's hand. Mixed set, Volume 3 from another set and slightly trimmed. 8vos, approximately 215 x 135 mm, 8½ x 5½ inches, VOLUME 1: engraved frontispiece, 2 maps, 1 folding, 1 half page, 1 half page engraved view and 33 text illustrations; VOLUME 2: hand coloured aquatint frontispiece, folding hand coloured map, 8 text illustrations; VOLUME 3: Hand coloured frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, coloured map, 88 text illustrations, pages: Volume 1, xvi, [1]-511 including index plus 17 page Murray catalogue dated June 1830; Volume 2, xii, [1]-330, including index plus 16 page catalogue dated December 1831, Volume… Read More