Author: RAUMER, K. (L.G.) von:
Title: Der Granit des Riesengebirges und die ihn umgebenden Gebirgs-Familien.
Description: Berlin, Realschul-Buchhandlung, 1813, in-8vo, (19.5x12 cm), 2 Bl. (Titelbl. (mit Stempeln) + Widmungsbl.) + VI + 2 Bl. (Inhalt) + 91 S. + 1 S. + 1 gr. gef. kol. Karte 'Geognostische Skizze von einem Theile des schlesischen, böhmischen, und lausitzer Gebirges (entw. v. Carl von Raumer), Exlibris Peter E. Obergfell, einf. Hlwd. ¶ Completer with one folding hand-coloured engraved geological map called "geognostische Skizze" Later white marbled boards. An important geological contribution by the German geologist Karl Ludwig Georg von Raumer (1783-1865). Including the first, second & third additions. Zittel: "Von Raumer and Engelhardt aroused great interest, these authors stated that the granite and syenite on the north-east edge of the Erz mountains were not, as Werner had supposed, the oldest rocks, since they rested locally upon the gneiss and schist series. and disproving the commonly accepted dogma that all occurrences of granite must of necessity be of the highest Antiquity". Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Zittel p. 86

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