Geology.- Scrope (George Poulett) Memoir on the Geology of Central France; including the Volcanic Formations of Auvergne, the Velay, and the Vivarais, 2 vol. including vol. of maps & plates, first edition, plate vol. with engraved title label laid down on initial blank leaf ?as issued, 2 folding hand-coloured engraved maps, 18 engraved, aquatint or lithographed plates and panoramic views on 17 leaves, most hand-coloured, many folding, most tipped-in but 5 trimmed to platemark and laid down on blank leaves ?as issued, text vol. with pp.177-182 & final colophon f. on different paper ?supplied, manuscript note in Italian tipped in before each plate, first map with tear into image repaired with very small and minor loss, plate 9 with portion detached at fold but no loss, couple folding views trimmed just into image at fore-edge, plate vol. with some light browning, light scattered spotting or staining, mainly to text vol., original boards, rebacked, text vol. mostly unopened, plate vol. with engraved label to upper cover, sticker to spine foot and upper cover detached, some soiling, worn at extremities, 4to & oblong folio, for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1827.

⁂ Rare to find both volumes together, the last set we can trace at auction in 1992. A single volume second edition was published in 1858.