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Lot 17
WILLIAM HENRY FITTON (1780–1861)
Closed10 April 2014
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WILLIAM HENRY FITTON (1780–1861)
Instructions for Collecting Geological Specimens. London: [W. Clowes for John Murray, 1827]. 8° (212 x 133m). 7pp. 4 wood-engraved text-illustrations. (Very minor spotting.) Original stitched wrappers (a trifle spotted and stained).
EXTREMELY RARE SEPARATE PRINTING of Fitton's advice for explorers on collecting geological specimens. It was originally published in the appendix to Philip Parker King's Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia (London, 1827). Fitton's pamphlet covers specimen selection, size, palaeontology, description (labelling and location), and use of hammers and trimming tools (these illustrated). ONLY 4 COPIES CAN BE TRACED IN INSTITUTIONS: NHM, Yale, State Library of Victoria, National Library of New Zealand (Worldcat).
Instructions for Collecting Geological Specimens. London: [W. Clowes for John Murray, 1827]. 8° (212 x 133m). 7pp. 4 wood-engraved text-illustrations. (Very minor spotting.) Original stitched wrappers (a trifle spotted and stained).
EXTREMELY RARE SEPARATE PRINTING of Fitton's advice for explorers on collecting geological specimens. It was originally published in the appendix to Philip Parker King's Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia (London, 1827). Fitton's pamphlet covers specimen selection, size, palaeontology, description (labelling and location), and use of hammers and trimming tools (these illustrated). ONLY 4 COPIES CAN BE TRACED IN INSTITUTIONS: NHM, Yale, State Library of Victoria, National Library of New Zealand (Worldcat).
WILLIAM HENRY FITTON (1780–1861)
Instructions for Collecting Geological Specimens. London: [W. Clowes for John Murray, 1827]. 8° (212 x 133m). 7pp. 4 wood-engraved text-illustrations. (Very minor spotting.) Original stitched wrappers (a trifle spotted and stained).
EXTREMELY RARE SEPARATE PRINTING of Fitton's advice for explorers on collecting geological specimens. It was originally published in the appendix to Philip Parker King's Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia (London, 1827). Fitton's pamphlet covers specimen selection, size, palaeontology, description (labelling and location), and use of hammers and trimming tools (these illustrated). ONLY 4 COPIES CAN BE TRACED IN INSTITUTIONS: NHM, Yale, State Library of Victoria, National Library of New Zealand (Worldcat).
Instructions for Collecting Geological Specimens. London: [W. Clowes for John Murray, 1827]. 8° (212 x 133m). 7pp. 4 wood-engraved text-illustrations. (Very minor spotting.) Original stitched wrappers (a trifle spotted and stained).
EXTREMELY RARE SEPARATE PRINTING of Fitton's advice for explorers on collecting geological specimens. It was originally published in the appendix to Philip Parker King's Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia (London, 1827). Fitton's pamphlet covers specimen selection, size, palaeontology, description (labelling and location), and use of hammers and trimming tools (these illustrated). ONLY 4 COPIES CAN BE TRACED IN INSTITUTIONS: NHM, Yale, State Library of Victoria, National Library of New Zealand (Worldcat).