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The World Before the Deluge

1872ref. 1108110016New York: D. Appleton and Company 1872. Leather Bound. Very Good. New York D. Appleton & Co. v 518 pp. illus. 20 cm. Fully bound in gorgeous contemporary amber pigmented calfskin. Gilt-lettered burgundy morocco title plate on upper spine. 5 raised bands. 6 compartments. Profusely detailed gilt-etched decorative flourishes and borders within compartments and on boards. Gilt tooling along board edges and embossed borders on inner boards. Tight binding and solid boards. Moderate shelf wear. Slight rubbing to boards. Discoloration around edges. Minor scuffing to spine. Gilt has faded at points. Loss to small portion of upper spine. Minimal bumping to corner. Slight scuffing to board edges. Speckled page ends. Multicolored speckled endpapers. Minor loosening cracking at gutters. Small damp-stain to bottom of inner FFEP. Institutional library stamp on adjacent page reads "GG." Additional library stamp on title page reads "Yale University Museum." Otherwise clean unmarked pages. Black and white steel-plate engraved illustration entitled "The First Man" adjacent to title page and protected with tissue guard. Various additional illustrations throughout including charts and diagrams of prehistoric life-forms and landscapes. A well cared for volume in very good condition. Louis Figuier was a renown French Scientist and writer. The nephew of Pierre-Oscar Figuier he served as Professor of Chemistry at Le Ecole de Pharmacie of Montpellier before moving on to become Doctor of Medicine as well as agrege of pharmacology chemistry and physics. He gained his PhD circa 1850. La Terre avant le deluge originally published in 1863 illustrated by Edouard Riou was one of Figuier's most successful works gaining critical acclaim from his contemporaries for his thoughts on geological history and the origin of modern man. Influenced by Charles Lyells Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man of 1863 the 1867 second edition and future printings abandoned the Garden of Eden shown in the first editions frontispiece for a more accurate depiction of savage men and women wearing animal skins and wielding stone axes. While the majority of copies produced by D. Appleton are bound in blue cloth and far more common the leather bound edition of the same date is extremely rare. This landmark book would make an exceptional addition to the library of any scholar or geology enthusiast. Please feel free to view our photographs of this beautiful piece. Ships daily. New York: D. Appleton and Company hardcover

SequiturBooks · United States$588.00≈ €524.30

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Les chemins de fer meÌtropolitains:

1886ref. 5821Paris: A la Librairie Illustrée 1886. First edition inscribed by the author and accompanied by two autograph letters signed. A scarce study of urban railways written fourteen years before the first line of the Paris Métro opened at the moment when Paris was still debating whether and how to build one. Figuier 1819-1894 the most prolific French populariser of science of his age takes as his starting point London's Metropolitan Railway which opened the world's first underground line in 1863. He then surveys the systems of Berlin and New York with a chapter on the Brooklyn Bridge and devotes three chapters to Paris and the rival schemes then under discussion before closing with reflections on the future of city transport. His enthusiasm for the new underground railways is plain but he gives equal attention to elevated lines bridges and surface railways. The text is illustrated with fine engravings and with maps of London Berlin Vienna and Paris including a map of the proposed Paris network engraved by Perrin. With two autograph letters signed by Figuier. The first 1 p. in-8 'Paris 30 nov.' probably 1887 is addressed to Georges Decaux head of the Librairie Illustrée publisher of the present work and of Figuier's weekly La Science illustrée. In it Figuier delivers his article on saccharin for the journal and arranges to bring a M. Baillot to settle the journal's reports on the Institut. The second 4 pp. in-8 'Paris 18 juin' from 1 rue Newton datable to 1866 is a fine letter to a fellow historian of science asking for his notice on Galileo. Figuier announces the imminent publication of his Vies des savants illustres whose first volume on the scientists of antiquity was to appear that October. He describes the winter he spent in Italy gathering documents and drawings on Galileo in Florence where he came to know Eugenio Albèri editor of Galileo's Opere and takes a swipe at the 'fanciful details' 'détails de fantaisie' given by Joseph Bertrand. In-12 180 × 120 mm; 7 × 4¾ in. xii 272 pp. with 35 plates in and out of text including 5 maps. Bound by Atelier Laurenchet signed in in maroon half morocco with corners marbled boards spine with raised bands lettered in gilt imprint at foot. the original illustrated front wrapper and spine bound in. Wrapper a little dust-soiled its spine restored; occasional light foxing. The letters are in fine condition. A very good copy. Very rare. OCLC records only seven copies all in American institutions OCLC 11816585 and we have traced none in France or the UK nor any on the market or at auction. . A la Librairie Illustrée hardcover

Harrison-Hiett Rare Books · France£750.00≈ €892.56

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