The Testimony of the Rocks or Geology in its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural & Revealed

The Testimony of the Rocks or Geology in its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural & Revealed

Miller, Hugh. Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, 1870.

8vo., xiv, (2), 454, 24 pp. publisher's ads. Frontis illustration with tissue guard plus illustrations throughout text. Coated greyish-brown endpapers. Full medium reddish-brown cloth over beveled boards with titles and decorations in gilt on spine. Decorative stamp in gilt on front cover.

Head and tail of spine professionally repaired. Corners lightly bumped and worn. A few small patches of surface rub to cloth. Front endpapers split at hinge and repaired, back endpapers starting to crack. Binding still solid and tight. Personal book plate on front pastedown and early owner's signature in ink to top of title page dated 1873.

Some chapters originally delivered as lectures at various institutions. Others here printed for the first time.

Miller (1802-1856), paleontologist and geologist. The book was published posthumously.

38th thousand. Illustrated.

$75.00 CDN