[Item #46664] An Abstract of a New Theory of the Formation of the Earth. PHYSICAL SCIENCES, Ira HILL, GEOLOGY.

An Abstract of a New Theory of the Formation of the Earth

Baltimore: N.G. Maxwell, 1823. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); calf-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine; xv,[2],14-211pp. Boards a bit scuffed with brief exposure at corners, leather somewhat dried and mottled, endpapers toned, faint dampstaining to first half of textblock, else a Very Good, sound copy.

Theory on the formation of the earth dedicated to Andrew Jackson. Early chapters cover general natural phenomena such as "strata" and "The various colours of Marble," while the latter half of the text focuses on the North American continent, describing "A Flood [that] was produced by the rise of northeast rise of North America," the formation of the Delaware, Schuylkill, and Susquehanna Rivers; the formation of the North American prairies; and the "Insects, Vegetation, &c. of America." The author later published another work titled "Antiquities of America Explained" (1831), arguing that a group of Tyrians and Jews crossed the Atlantic 3,000 years ago, creating a colony in Nova Scotia that eventually spread across the entire continent. This title missed by Sabin. SHOEMAKER 12827.

Price: $500.00

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