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TitleDarwins Coral Reefs, Volcanic Islands, South America
AuthorDarwin, Charles
Asset Number00505
PublisherWard, Lock and Co.
ISBN
Published Date1890
Edition1
Printing1
Description
Green cloth hardcover. Boards and bindings tight. Three foldouts, two of which loose one attached.
 
ALTHOUGH in some respects more technical in their subjects and style than Darwin's "Journal," the books here reprinted will never lose their value and interest for the originality of the observations they contain. Many parts of them are admirably adapted for giving an insight into problems regarding the structure and changes of the earth's surface, and in fact they form a charming introduction to physical geology and physiography in their application to special domains. The books themselves cannot be obtained for many times the price of the present volume, and both the general reader, who desires to know more of Darwin's work, and the-student of geology, who naturally wishes to know how a master mind reasoned on most important geological subjects, will be glad of the opportunity of possessing them in a convenient and cheap form.
 
The three introductions, which my friend Professor Judd has kindly furnished, give critical and historical information which makes this edition of special value.
CategoryEarth Science
EpochVictorian/Edwardian
Date Acquired18/06/2022
Condition(2) Very Good