Lot 326: (TEXAS.) Roemer, Ferdinand. Die Kreidebildungen von Texas und ihre organischen Einschlüsse. 1852

Name: (TEXAS.) Roemer, Ferdinand. Die Kreidebildungen von Texas und ihre organischen Einschlüsse. 1852
Brand: Swann Auction Galleries
SKU: opri9gfhwv

Est: $4,000 USD - $6,000 USD

Swann Auction GalleriesNew York, NY, USJune 05, 2008

Item Overview

Description

(TEXAS.) Roemer, Ferdinand. Die Kreidebildungen von Texas und ihre organischen Einschlüsse. 11 lithographed plates of fossils. Folio, 340 x 266 mm, original boards rebacked with cloth, corners worn, small piece chipped off fore-edge of rear cover; light dampstaining in upper outer corners throughout, minor foxing on opening leaves, plates loose, with unobtrusive contemporary pencil notes on plates 4, 7, 8, and 10, pastedowns and front free endpaper browned, rear free endpaper lacking. Bonn, 1852

Artist or Maker

Ferdinand Roemer

Condition Report

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Notes

the first treatise on texas geology, based on investigations made by Roemer during his 1845-47 stay there. "A major monograph on the fauna of the marine Cretaceous period of Texas"--Dictionary of Scientific Biography XI:500. Howes R406, Sabin 72591.

Auction Details

PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA

Swann Auction Galleries

June 05, 2008, 10:30 AM EST

104 East 25th Street, New York, NY, 10010, US

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