The wonders of geology ; or, A familiar exposition of geological phenomena / by Gideon Algernon Mantell, ...
Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Category
Books
Date
1857 - 1858
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3231261
Summary
Bibliographic description
Seventh edition, / revised and augmented, by T. Rupert Jones, ... 2 v., plates : ill., 1 map (col.) ; 18 cm. With folded leaf inserted, v.1, p.200-1, manuscript table of geological periods. Provenance: nineteenth-century armorial bookplate of William Rowley [i.e. Lt.-Col. William Chambré Rowley, 6th Baron Langford of Summerhill (1849-1931)]. School prize inscription in v.1: W. Rowley, Cheam, 1861. Binding: nineteenth-century red calf; double gold fillet border; gold tooled spine (mostly worn); five false bands; spine labels detached and inserted.
Makers and roles
Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852 Jones, Thomas Rupert, 1819-1911