£2,250
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 630
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
London: Cadell and Davies; Edinburgh: William Creech, 1802. First edition, 8vo, xx, 528, contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece, rubbed, covers detached, armorial bookplate of Cranstoun of Corehouse
Note: A highly influential book, first published in 1802, containing Playfair's clarification and summary of Hutton's geological concepts.