A Second Visit of the United States of North America

Author: Charles Lyell  (179-1875)

Year: 1850

Publisher: Harper & Brothers Publishers

Place: New York

Description:

2 Volumes. xii+[13]-273 pages; xii+[13]-287+[12 ad] pages with index. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4') bound in original publisher's original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine with blind-stamped ruled edges and decorative covers. First American edition.

Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining Earth's history. He is best known as the author of Principles of Geology (1830 33), which presented to a wide public audience the idea that Earth was shaped by the same natural processes still in operation today, operating at similar intensities.

From Liverpool to Nova Scotia, through New England, and then to the Old South, New Orleans, up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, across the Alleghenies to Philadelphia, thence to New York and back to Merry Old England with many observations on slavery and its effects.

Condition: Spine head chipped, corners bumped and rubbed, book plate on front paste down Spine sunned, previous owner's name on front end pages, and contents page, Volume 2 damp stained, foxing though out. Hardcover else good.