Organic remains of a former world. . An examination of the mineralized remains of the vegetables and animals of the antediluvian world; generally termed extraneous fossils. By James Parkinson, Hoxton.
James Parkinson (1755-1824)
Category
Books
Date
1804
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3085083
Summary
Bibliographic description
3 v., plates : ill. ; 4to. Provenance: Nineteenth-century large armorial canted shield bookplate with motto "Degeneranti genus opprobium" and lettered: "Calke Abbey library" [associated with Sir George Crewe, 8th Bt (1795-1844) or his son Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Bt (1824-86)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century tree calf, single gilt fillet forming a border; gilt-tooled board edges. Sewn on recessed cords, gilt-tooled on spine. Spine label wanting. Marbled endpapers. Text-block edges dyed red. Purple reading ribbon.
Makers and roles
James Parkinson (1755-1824)