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	Rare geology book by Amos Eaton, A Geological and Agricultural Survey of Rensselaer County, New York Eaton, Amos; A Geological and Agricultural Survey of Rensselaer County, in the State of New York to which is Annexed a Geological Profile, extending from Onondoga Salt Springs, across said County, to Williams College in Massachusetts. Albany, E. and E. Hosford, 1822. Octavo, pp. vii, 70, geological profile and folded table. The work is complete and in a modern calf over linen boards with gilt spine titles. The binding is tight and very clean. New York Academy of Sciences canceled book plate on paste down and rubber stamp on title page. The text is very clean. In very good condition. PRICE: $250.00
	Rare geology book by Anton Lazzaro Moro; De Crostacei E Degli Altri Marini Corpi Moro, Anton Lazzaro; De Crostacei E Degli Altri Marini Corpi Che si Truovano su' Monti. Libri Due di Anton-Lazzaro Moro. Venezia, Appresso Stefano Monti, 1740. Quarto, pp. xiv, 452, engraved title vignette, 8 engraved folded plates. The work is complete and in a contemporary full tree calf with gilt spine titles, six gilt spine panels, decorative text block edges and decorative end sheets. The binding has light archival restoration to corners and edges, the text is exceptionally bright, clean and crisp. In very good condition. A very rare work. PRICE: $4,200.00
	Rare geology book by Antonio Vallisnieri; Opere Diverse del Sig. Antonio Vallisnieri. Cioe: 1-3 Vallisnieri, Antonio; Opere Diverse del Sig. Antonio Vallisnieri. Cioe: 1. Istoria del Camaleonte Afficano, e di varj Animali d’Italia... 2. Lezione Accademica intorno all’ Origine delle Fontane. 3. Raccolta di varj Trattati accrefciuti con Annotazioni e con Giunte. Three works in two volumes, Venezia, Appresso Gio. Babbriello Ertz., 1715. Quarto, pp. 6, 200, engraved portrait of Vallisnieri, 13 engraved plates (some folded). and engraved title page, 6, 87, 1 folded engraved plate. Vol. 2, pp. 1, 262, 17 engraved plates (many double page). The work is complete in two volumes and in a contemporary full calf with gilt titles and six gilt spine panels, gilt ruled borders and red text block edges. Scuffing to boards, light wear to spine margins and edges. Light water staining to the upper inner and outer corners of volume 2 and very light water staining to upper third of text of volume 1. Armorial book plate of noted British barrister Phillip Carteret Webb (1700-1770) on paste downs. (Webb was heavily involved with the eighteenth-century antiquarian movement in England. As a member of the London ‘Society of Antiquaries’ in 1747, and as its lawyer, he was responsible for securing the incorporation of the Society in 1751 which put it in direct competition for antiquities with the Royal Society. He is also remembered for being an agent of the crown in the ‘North Briton’ scandal (1763), and assisting Robert Wood to seize the papers of the journalist John Wilkes whose inflammatory writings had offended the king.) Over all still a very good set of a very scarce set of Vallisniero’s works. PRICE: $4,200.00
	Rare geology book by Bakewell, Frederick C.; Geology for Schools and Students: or, Former Worlds, their Structure, Condition, and Inhabitants. Bakewell, Frederick C.; Geology for Schools and Students: or, Former Worlds, their Structure, Condition, and Inhabitants. London, 1854. Octavo, pp. vi, 136, frontispiece view of Stromboli eruption, numerous woodcuts. PRICE: $120.00
	Rare geology book by Buckland, William; Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology. 1st edition, London, W. Pickering, 1836. Buckland, William; Geology and Mineralogy considered with reference to Natural Theology. 1st edition, 1st printing, London, W. Pickering, 1836. Quarto, two volumes, pp. xvi, 599, errata,& pp. vii, 129, 87 plates (numbered to 69 with some in parts) (many folded and hand-colored profiles). PRICE: $950.00
	Rare geology book by DeLaBeche, Henry T.; Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset. DeLaBeche, Henry T.; Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset. London, 1839. Quarto, xxii, 648 p. 12 plates, two of which are a folded colored map and folded sections. PRICE: $700.00
	Rare geology book by Fischer de Waldheim, Gotthelf: Oryctographie du Gouvernement de Moscou... Fischer von Waldheim, Johann Gotthelf Friedrich; Oryctographie du Gouvernement de Moscou, publiee par le Directeur de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. Moscou, 1830. Atlas only. Folio, pp. half title, title page with hnd-colored vignette, ix, second half title, 25 pages of plate explanations, 7 hand-colored plates, profiles and sections, 44 engraved plates of fossils, 15 engraved plates (some colored) of zoological and botanical specimens. PRICE: $7,000.00
	Rare geology book by John Macculloch, Geological Classification of Rocks Macculloch, John; A Geological Classification of Rocks, with Descriptive Sysnopsis of the Species and Varieties, containing the Elements of Practical Geology. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. Quarto, pp. xxxi, errata, 655. The work is complete and in a contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards. The binding is tight and clean with only minor scuffing to binding. The text is exceptionally clean. Penned ownership signature of noted American geologist Jermiah van Rensselaer on title page. A nice association copy in very good condition. PRICE: $1,500.00

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