FINAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS IN FOUR PARTS: I. ECONOMICAL GEOLOGY, II, SCENOGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY, III. SCIENTIFIC GEOLOGY, IV. ELEMENTARY GEOLOGY

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10 x 11 1/4 inches. xii (ffep, title page and i - x missing, this rebound copy starts at p. ix), 831 pages, with 275 woodcuts in the text section followed by a section of B&W lithographed plates drawn by Mrs. Hitchcock and printed by B.W. Thayer's Lithographers, Boston, some fold-out, numbered with arabic numerals 1 - 32. Of the 32 called for 8 are missing ( 3,4,5,9,10,11,12,13), Occasional minor foxing, followed by 2 blank pages then 12 more plates numbered II - XIII in roman numerals, (one in color) drawn by Mrs. Hitchcock and printed by Pendleton's Lithography Boston, some of these correspond to the missing plates from the 1st section but others do not appear in the list of plate at front of book, these plates have foxing and staining, mainly in the margins. This copy does not contain any maps. All pages of text and woodcut illustrations are present. Rebound in 20th century in a library style binding, no ex-library indications other than "Worcester Lyceum & Natural History Association. 1879. Library Fund 1878." written on old front endpaper. Condition is Good; Binding is very good with no wear, text pages have occasional light foxing, albumen photograph of rock formation tipped-in at top of p. 270, plates condition as noted above. STK. N° de ref. del artículo 50720

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