Geology - Oppel, Albert. The Jurassic formation of England, France and southwestern Germany. Classified and compared according to their individual members. With 1 lithographed folding map with blue coloring and 1 folded table of strata. Stuttgart, Ebner & Seufert, 1856-58. IV, 857 pp. 21.5 x 14 cm. Contemporary half leather binding with faded gilt spine (rubbed and bumped). First separate edition, previously published in the Württembergische naturwissenschaftliche Jahreshefte. - Poggendorff III, 987 - Authoritative fine division of the Jurassic formation into 36 biostratigraphic zones (biozones), compiled on the table with their leading fossils. - Endpapers with ownership note of the Tübingen paleontologist Friedrich von Hüne (1875-1969) and antiquarian stamp. - Foxing, map with fold tear. VAT: *

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