A. De Lapparent - Traité de Géologie (Comp. 3 Vols.) - 1900

Treatise on Geology by A. De Lapparent, Member of the Institute. Professor at the École libre des Hautes Études -

Monumental work regarded as one of the clearest foundational texts in the history of Earth sciences - Study of the forces of nature presently at work (glaciers, the action of water, thermal springs, volcanism, thermodynamics). The aim is to understand the Earth's past by observing the contemporary physical and chemical mechanisms (principle of actualism) -

Lapparent provides an inventory of the composition of the Earth's crust (the rocks) and meticulously describes the different layers or strata of terrain. The 1900 edition details the geological eras and, to its advantage over earlier editions, presents a more complete and orderly synthesis of all that science knew about the Earth before the advent of plate tectonics -

- Complete 3 volumes richly illustrated with 990 figures in text and off-text, diagrams, maps and black-and-white tables - Paris, Masson et Cie, Editors 1900 - Fourth edition reworked and considerably enlarged - Contemporary bindings, green half-leather with corners, spine with 5 raised bands forming panels, with gilded title and tomaisons, green marbled boards, 1911 pages in continuous pagination, format in-8 (17 x 25 cm) -

Excellent condition -

Volume 1.) Current phenomena, pages 1 to 592 / Volume 2.) Geology proper, pages 539 to 1240 / Volume 3.) Geology proper, pages 1241 to 1911 - Detailed table of contents: see photos -