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Palaeontographical Society Monographs (London), Volumes 1 - 24

Palaeontographical Society Monographs (London), Volumes 1 - 24 by Darwin, Charles Robert; Owen, Sir Richard; 25 additional authors

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Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB
Title
Palaeontographical Society Monographs (London), Volumes 1 - 24
Author
Darwin, Charles Robert; Owen, Sir Richard; 25 additional authors
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description
FIRST EDITION MAGNIFICENT SET OF THE INAUGURAL 24 VOLUMES PUBLISHED BY THE NEWPALAEONTOGRAPICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON�100+ MONOGRAPHS, 1000+ PLATES, 7000+ PAGES,INCLUDING SEMINAL WORKS OF CHARLES DARWIN AND RICHARD OWEN. 24 quarto volumes 8 x 11 inches, later half leather, gilt-lettered on spine with gilt panel lines, over green textured cloth with gilt-rules, green patterned endpapers, each containing up to 7 monographs with lithographic or engraved plates (many folding) and some wood engravings in the text. The volumes appear to be unread with tight bindings that are as new, and bright plates. Preliminary pages of each volume contain a perforated stamp of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh�there are no other ownership marks, only rare light foxing. Very good+. The Palaeontographical Society was established in 1847, and is the oldest society devoted to the study of paleontology worldwide. Its primary role is to promote the description and illustration of the British fossil flora and fauna, via publication of an authoritative monograph series. The monographs were issued annually to members of the society. They cover a wide range of taxonomic groups, from microfossils, trilobites and ammonites through to Coal Measure plants, mammals and reptiles, and from all ages from Cambrian to Pleistocene. They form a benchmark for understanding the past life of the British Isles and many include the original descriptions of numerous key species. The first monograph (Vol. 1 on the Crag Mollusca) was published in March 1848 and the Society continues this work today. Notable authors in the series include Charles Darwin and Richard Owen, both members of the Society. Darwin's interest in barnacles had first arisen in his student days in Edinburgh, under the guidance of Robert Grant, and increased during his detailed work in dissecting and classifying the specimens he had collected on the Beagle voyage. Darwin published his papers on fossil barnacles included in volumes 5 (1851) and 8 (1854), reflecting the 8 years that he devoted to the study of extinct and living barnacles, establishing his credentials for formulating his theory of natural selection in The Origin of Species in 1859. In his analysis of reptilian British fossils, Darwin's leading opponent, Richard Owen identified unique characteristics of Megalosaurus (vol. 9), Iguanodon and Hylaeosaurus (vol. 10) that distinguished them from extant lizards and coined the term dinosaur ("terrible lizard") in 1841. There are 22 monographs by Owen in the first 24 volumes, including 16 on dinosaurs, 4 on other reptiles and turtles, and 2 on mammals (including whales). British fossil hunter William Buckland found some fossils in 1819, and he eventually described them and named them in 1824. Like scientists before him, Buckland thought the fossils belonged to an ancient, larger version of a modern reptile. The first edition of a work which laid the foundation to vertebrate paleontology was Georges Cuvier's Recherches sur les ossements fossiles de quadrup�des (Researches on quadruped fossil bones) published in France in 1812. In 1822, Cuvier's disciple and editor of the scientific publication Journal de physique Henri de Blainville introduced the term palaeontologie as the study of fossilized organisms�translated to the English paleontology. The word palaeontographical was coined by members of the Clay Club that established the new society whose goal was to describe and illustrate newly discovered fossils. The rapid progress in geology and paleontology during the 1830s and 1840s was aided by a growing international network of geologists and fossil specialists whose work was organized and reviewed by an increasing number of geological societies. Many of these geologists and paleontologists were now paid professionals working for universities, museums and government geological surveys. The relatively high level of public support for the earth sciences was due to their cultural impact, and their proven economic value in helping to exploit mineral resources such as coal. Another important factor was the development in the late 18th and early 19th centuries of museums with large natural history collections. The first 24 years of the Palaeontographical Society Monographs spans the middle of the 19th century and brackets publication of The Origin of Species in 1859. The intense activity in British paleontology at this time is reflected in the 110 monographs contained in these 24 volumes and provides a visual as well as a narrative context for the contributions of Darwin and Owen. The 27 contributing authors reveal the strong attraction of paleontology for physicians, and the wide variety of species whose ancestors were pursued. These ranged from minute foraminifera to larger marine invertebrates (including corals, tunicates, brachiopods, mollusks, echinoderms, ammonites, belemnites, trilobites, and eurypterids), and vertebrates (fish, reptiles, and mammals). Because photography did not become widely available until the end of the 19th century, illustrations in the monographs were executed as lithographs or engravings. The most prominent London lithographers of the day were recruited to produce the dramatic plates. Many of these artists were themselves accomplished naturalists. These included Day & Son, Lithographers to Queen Victoria; George Henry Ford, a member of the British Museum; Michael & Nicholas Hanhart who developed a complex layering of tint stones; Charles Joseph Hullmandel, author of The Art of Drawing on Stone; and the Sowerby family, a British family of several generations of naturalists, illustrators, botanists, and zoologists active from the late 18th century to the mid twentieth century. The three George Sowerbys produced major works on mollusks and their systematics including the many monographs by the Society, as well as Darwin's barnacles. Notably, the Sowerbys were responsible for also producing the copper plate engravings for these monographs, including James De Carle Sowerby who founded the Royal Botanic Society and Gardens, and was its secretary for 30 years. The Paleontographical Society Monographs are cited by Darwin in his reading notebooks. NOTE: Available upon request (([email protected]) A 22-page detailed description of the set containing large magnification images of selected plates, list of individual monographs in each volume, and list of authors, subjects, plates sorted by subject.
London: The Art of Georgian Building

London: The Art of Georgian Building by Dan Cruickshank and Peter Wyld

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Title
London: The Art of Georgian Building
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Dan Cruickshank and Peter Wyld
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
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Collectible; Very Good
Description
London: The Architectural Press Ltd, 1977. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1977 1st paperback edition. Clean, tight and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, 232 pgs.

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