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Lot 120
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$384
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY - GEOLOGY]. A group of 25 works in 27 volumes, related to the study of geology and fossils.
LINDLEY, John (1799-1865) and HUTTON, William (1797-1860). The Fossil Flora of Great Britain. London: James Ridgway, 1831-1833. 3 volumes. -- MACKENZIE, W.M. Hugh Miller: A Critical Study. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. -- MILLER, Hugh (1802-1856). First Impressions of England and Its People. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, 1889. -- MILLER. The Cruise of the Betsey. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, 1897. -- SEDGWICK, Adam (1785-1873). British Paleozoic Rocks and Fossils. London: John W. Parker & Son, 1855. -- STREETER, Edwin William (1834-1923). Previous Stones and Gems. London: George Bell & Sons, 1882. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. -- Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1849.
And 16 others. Together, 23 works in 25 volumes, all 8vo and 4to, most in original bindings. Condition generally fine.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.