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LUBBOCK, John (Lord Avebury): - The scenery of Switzerland and the causes to which it is due.

Title: The scenery of Switzerland and the causes to which it is due.
Description: London, Macmillan, 1896, in-8vo, frontispiece + XXXV + 480 p. with 154 ill. + 1 coloured folded map (small tear) + 1 coloured plate 'View of the Jungfrau', some stains, hw. exlibris on first flyleaf 'J.M. Crum 1896', H.-leather binding with large corners, spine with gilt ornaments (bound by Rivière & Son). Topedge gilt. Nice, privatly bound copy. ¶ First edition in a fine copy. It was Sir John Lubbock (1834 - 1913) who coined the terms 'Neolithic' and 'Paleolithic' to distinguish the later and earlier Stone Age periods. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. DSB VIII, 527ff. - Perret 0190.

Keywords: geology geologie Switzerland Suisse-Générale, Switzerland-general, Schweiz-allgemein Alps alpes helvetica, Switzerland helvetica alpinism, mountaineering alpinisme paleontology, palaeontology paleontologie

Price: CHF 150.00 = appr. US$ 148.83 Seller: Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.
- Book number: 44411