A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, . consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian Phytology." With descriptions by Gideon Algernon Mantell, Esq. ... With seventy-four plates, containing nearly nine hundred figures.
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852)
Category
Books
Date
1850
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3149895
Summary
Bibliographic description
207,[1]p., [1],74 plates . ill.. . 28cm.. Provenance: Nineteenth-century cipher bookplate with Baronet's Hand of Ulster: H E L C J [unidentified]; manuscript inscription: "Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe with his Granny's love, July 14th 1895" [i.e. Richard Fynderne Harpur Crewe (1880-1921)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half red grained leather binding; red cloth over boards; spine gilt decorated and gilt lettered.
Makers and roles
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) Edmund Tyrell Artis (1789-1847) James Parkinson (1755-1824)