Description géologique des environs de Paris /

Description géologique des environs de Paris /

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Author / Creator:	Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832, author.
Edition:	Nouvelle édition, dans laquelle on a inséré la description d'un grand nobmre de lieux de l'Allemagne, de la Suisse, de l'Italie, etc., qui présentent des terrains analogues a ceux du bassin de Paris, par M. Alex. Brongniart / avec 2 cartes et 16 plances représentant les coupes de ces terrains et beaucoup des coquilles fossiles qu'ils renferment, et un table alphabétique de tous les lieux décrits ou seulement cités.
Imprint:	Paris : Chez G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, libraires, quai Voltaire, no. 13, et a Amsterdam, chez les mémes, 1822. [Paris] : Imprimerie de A. Belin
Description:	6 unnumbered pages, viii, 1-2, 5-428 pages, 18 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, 3 maps ; 32 cm (4to)
Language:	French
Subject:	Geology -- France -- Paris. Paleontology -- France -- Paris. Geology. Paleontology. France -- Paris. Annotations (Provenance)
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	Copy 1: University of Chicago Library's copy with binding errors: pages 189-196 bound before page 213, pages 197-204 bound after page 212. Copy 1: University of Chicago Library's copy with hand colored maps. Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1427866

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Other authors / contributors:	Brongniart, Alexandre, 1770-1847, author. Brongniart, Adolphe, 1801-1876. Constans, C., active 18th century-19th century, lithographer. Lecerf (Engraver), engraver. Cloquet, engraver. Dufour, J. E. Gabriel (Jacques Edme Gabriel), -1830, bookseller. Ocagne, Edmond d', 1795-1869, bookseller. Belin, A. (Auguste-Jean), printer.
Provenance:	Copy 1: Former owner's signature: Charlie Simper. Copy 1: Illustrated bookplate: Evans; bookplate features William Blake's illustration "God creating the universe" with the text "He took the golden compasses ... to circumscribe the universe and all created things." Copy 1: Former owner's manuscript annotations in pencil.
Notes:	Illustrations by Leloy, Meunier, C. Constans, Lecerf, N. Boullemier, and F. Boullemier; one map engraved by Cloquet. "Description des végétaux fossiles du terrain de sédiment supérieur, cités dans la description géologique du bassin de Paris, par M. Adolphe Brongniart": pages [353]-371. Includes errata (page 5, first sequence). Includes bibliographical references and index.

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