[Geology] Two works: (1) Puolett Scrope, G.J. The geology and extinct volcanoes

of central France. Second edition, enlarged and improved. London, printed by W. Clowes and Sons for J. Murray, 1858, XVII,(1 blank),258 p., w. 2 fold. col. lithogr. maps loosely inserted in rear pocket, 17 (fold.) lithogr. plates (1x col.), many wood-engr. ills. in the text, cont. green hcalf by J. Adams, gilt and ribbed spine w. 2 mor. letterpieces, t.e.g., large 8vo. Upper joint splitting in upper compartment, binding sl. worn along extremities. Hamilton, Volcano: nature and cultre, p. 109; J.P. Lockwood, Volcanoes: global perspectives, p. 33. Important geological work by "the first scientist to devote most of his life to the study of volcanic activity" (Lockwood). "Scrope put forward the theory that the Earth was hot, cooling and alive with geological movements that produced earthquakes, tectonic plate shifting, volcanoes and huge waves" (Hamilton). The first edition (Memoir on the geology of central France) was published in 1826. (2) W.F. Humes. Terrestrial theories. A digest of various views as to the origin and development of the earth and their bearing on the Geology of Egypt. Caido, Government Press, 1948, XLIX,(1),522; 160 (index) p., w. large fold. col. map loosely inserted in rear pocket, 45 plates and 37 ills. in the text, orig. clothbacked printed boards, large 8vo in 4to size. W. some internal and external imperfections, library stamp of the Royal society of Edinburgh on first free endpaper.

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