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Thick 8vo. xlix, 815 pp. Color frontis., 70 diagrams, maps, appendixes, index. Russet gilt-stamped cloth, decorative endpapers, dust jacket; tail corners bumped, jacket showing wear. Inscribed "To Roger Hahn: Many thanks for your help and advice during the initial stages of this project. John S. Dorskey". Near-fine. ISBN: 087169171X.

xlix+815pp. 8vo. Original cloth with dustwrapper. Colour plate of portrait of Maclure on fronticepiece. A near fine copy. First edition.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - William Maclure (1763-1840) was an Amer. geologist & philanthropist who traveled extensively in Europe during the early years of the 19th century, conducting geological surveys & collecting rock & mineral specimens for schools & scientific institutions in the U.S. He has been called 'the Father of Modern Geology' for the extraordinary feat of having made a one-man geological survey of the eastern U.S. from Maine to Georgia, & from the Mississippi to the Atlantic. Maclure used his wealth to support such institutions as the Acad. of Natural Sciences of Phila. & to subsidize the work of a number of scientists & teachers. He was also concerned with the reform of education & set up libraries & schools for children of the lower classes. Scholars have questioned why Maclure retired early to devote the rest of his life to science & reform. Some answers may be found in this vol., which includes transcriptions from microfilm of some 20 journals which Maclure kept during his travels & research in Europe; they span the years 1805-15 & 1820-25. Illus.