LYELL, Charles (1797-1875). Principles of Geology, London: John Murray, 1830-33, 3 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 2 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 maps, 2 hand-coloured, 6 engraved plates, wood engraved illustrations (perforation and blind-stamps on titles, hand-written accession number on contents leaf, ink stamp on verso of plates and titles, lacking one leaf of advertisements in volume III, clean tear along inner margin of title to volume I and paper repairs to outer margin, several plates spotted), library cloth, t.e.g. [Dibner 96; Horblit 70; Norman 1398; Sparrow 140] Provenance: JCL (3)

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LYELL, Charles (1797-1875). Principles of Geology, London: John Murray, 1830-33, 3 volumes, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 2 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 3 maps, 2 hand-coloured, 6 engraved plates, wood engraved illustrations (perforation and blind-stamps on titles, hand-written accession number on contents leaf, ink stamp on verso of plates and titles, lacking one leaf of advertisements in volume III, clean tear along inner margin of title to volume I and paper repairs to outer margin, several plates spotted), library cloth, t.e.g. [Dibner 96; Horblit 70; Norman 1398; Sparrow 140] Provenance: JCL (3)

拍品专文

Lyell studied the causes and effects of geological change. This work is of great significance and influenced Darwin who read it during his voyage on the Beagle.