Geology.- Lyell (Charles) Principles of Geology, 3 vol., first edition, vol. 1 and 3 half-titles only (as called for), 3 frontispieces (2 hand-coloured), 6 engraved plates only (of 7, 1 supplied in loosely-inserted facsimile plate), 2 folding maps (1 hand-coloured), 1p. advertisements at end of vol.1 and 3, slight worming to first few and last few leaves of each vol., a few leaves browning in vol. 3, light offsetting, very occasional light staining and surface marks, occasional light spotting, heaviest to plates and maps, contemporary navy half-calf, gilt spine, slight fading to spines, some worming to calf, a little rubbed, [PMM 344, Norman 1398] 8vo, John Murray, 1830-33.
⁂ One of the most important works in the field of geology, which would influence Charles Darwin. "Lyell had established once and for all the uniformitarian theory of geology, which dispensed the with the notion of supernatural intervention" (PMM)
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