Miocene
8 items found
Conrad, T. A.
Fossils of the Tertiary formations of the United States. Illustrated by figures, drawn from nature. [Fossils of the Medial Tertiary of the United States 1-2; Fossils of the Miocene formation of the United States 3-[4].]
Philadelphia, PA, J. Dobson, 1838-1861. Four parts in one. 8vo (23.1 x 14.2 cm). xvi, 89 pp; 52 plates (numbered 1-32, 34-49 [Plates 3, 7, 11, and 19 in two widely different states; 24-25, 46-47 without number; 48 wrongly numbered 47, 33 not used]). 20th-century red buckram with gilt title on the spine. Original brown, printed wrappers bound in.
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Dujardin, F. [AND d’Archiac, AND others]
Mémoire sur les couches du sol en Touraine et descriptions des coquilles de la craie des faluns.
Paris, Strasbourg, F.-G. Levrault, 1837. 4to (29.0 x 23.6 cm cm). 100 pp.; 6 engraved plates [numbered XVI-XX] and a very large, folded, and originally hand-coloured map, titled "Carte géologique de la Touraine", additionally containing a coloured profile. Original printed wrappers.
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Ettingshausen, C., von
Die Fossile Flora des Tertiär-Beckens von Bilin. I Theil. (Enthaltend die Thallophyten, Kryptogamischen Gefässpflanzen; Monokotyledonen, Coniferen, Julifloren und Oleraceen).
Wien, Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1867. 4to (29.6 x 23.1 cm). 95 pp.; 30 tinted lithographed plates. Later boards, printed label mounted on front board.
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Hoernes, M.
Die fossilen Mollusken des Tertiaer-Beckens von Wien. Unter der Mitwerkung von Paul Partsch, bearbeitet von D. Moriz Hörnes. Band I.: Univalven. Band II.: Bivalven.
Wien, K.K. Hof- uns Staatsdruckerei (Wilhelm Braumüller), [1851]-1856, [1859]-1870. Two parts in three. Folio (36.5 x 26.0 cm). I (text): Title page, of the Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen Geologischen Rechsanstalt III Band, with two engraved vignettes, [iv] pp.; title to the work; 736 pp.; hand-coloured map. I (atlas) 52 fine lithographed plates mounted on larger sheets; each with a printed caption. II (text): Title page, of the Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-königlichen Geologischen Rechsanstalt IV Band, with two engraved vignettes; 375 [of 479] pp.; 62 [of 85] lithographed plates. Uniform 20th-century linen, with printed label on the spines.
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Lydekker, R.
Indian Tertiary and post-Tertiary Vertebrata. Vol. II. Part 1. Siwalik Rhinocerotidae. Part 2. Supplement to Siwalik and Narbada Proboscidia.
Calcutta, Geological Survey of India, 1881. Two parts in one. Folio (36.0 x 26.0 cm). 66 pp.; 11 fine, lithographed plates [I-X, IIA] by Schaumburg. Original printed wrappers.
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MacInnes, D.G.
A study of fossil Mammalia from East Africa [original manuscript].
Unpublished [n.d., but ca 1938.] 4to (26.0 x 20.4 cm). Original typed manuscript with 336 pp.; 143 original photographs in various sizes, and some original drawn maps. Full contemporary dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine.
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