FONTAINE WM., WHITE I.C. "SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF PENNSYLVANIA THE PERMIAN OR UPPER CARBONIFEROUS FLORA OF W VIRGINIA AND SW. PENNSYLVANIA"

“The most remarkable series of reports ever issued by any survey". 

PUBLISHED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Harrisburg, 1880. 

in-8 (16,5 x 23 cm). Half-leather binding on marble boards and leather corners, usual signs of use, text and plates in very good condition. 143 pages of text. One  map of Pennsylvania showing the area surveyed in 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877 & 1878. 38 plates, most of them centerfold, of fossils plants in various shades of tan and beige. Few foxings. 

Ex libris stamp of De Saussure famous geologist on title page. 

Described in 1924 as “the most remarkable series of reports ever issued by any survey," the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania (1874-1889) produced an unprecedented volume and quality of geologic reports. With over 80 texts, nearly 600 accompanying maps and illustrations, a hand atlas, a six-volume grand atlas, and miscellaneous other publications, the Second Survey contains a treasure trove of geologic, economic and historic information about Pennsylvania during the Golden Age." Pennsylvania Geology.

Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (27 November 1829 – 20 February 1905) was a Swiss mineralogist and entomologist specialising in studies of Hymenoptera and Orthoptera. He also was a prolific taxonomist. Interested in geography, geology and ethnology, he co-founded the Geographical Society of Geneva in 1858.

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