Author: MURRAY Sir John and PULLAR Laurence
Title: Bathymetrical Survey of the Scottish Fresh Water Lochs: Report on the Scientific Results (Volume 1)
Description: Edinburgh, Challenger Office 1910 lviii, 785pp, 2 fold. col. maps of Scotland (one geological, one orographical), 15 pls. of photos and drawings, many figs. in text, bibl., 25x17, half leather (pigskin), boards, glt letting, four raised bands to spine. Rubbing to edges leading to some splitting on the edge of the spine, a little foxing, good thus. First volume of the series of six; the remainder five volumes are mostly maps and plans. This huge and detailed survey, and its published results, are considered to be a highly significant milestone in the discipline. The work is dedicated to Pullar's only son, Frederick, who drowned in 1901 while saving others after the ice broke under a large party skating at Airthrey Loch.

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