FORCHHAMMER, G.

Om de geognostiske Forhold i en Deel af Sjelland og Naboöerne. (In "Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter").

(København, 1826).

4to. In a recent half calf binding with black leather title-label to front board. With occassional underlinings in pencil, otherwise a very nice copy. (3), 248-280 pp. + 4 hand coloured folded plates. 

First edition of Forchhammer's important work where the Zealand "chalk" is examined - in Faxe, on Møn, etc. - and the rock types are differentiated and classified, including the now-famous layer containing the fish clay.

Order-nr.: 62437