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(TEXAS.) Roemer, Ferdinand. Die Kreidebildungen von Texas und ihre organischen Einschlüsse. 1852

(TEXAS.) Roemer, Ferdinand. Die Kreidebildungen von Texas und ihre organischen Einschlüsse. 11 lithographed plates of fossils. Folio, 340 x 266 mm, original boards rebacked with cloth, corners worn, small piece chipped off fore-edge of rear cover; light dampstaining in upper outer corners throughout, minor foxing on opening leaves, plates loose, with unobtrusive contemporary pencil notes on plates 4, 7, 8, and 10, pastedowns and front free endpaper browned, rear free endpaper lacking. Bonn, 1852

  • Notes: the first treatise on texas geology, based on investigations made by Roemer during his 1845-47 stay there. "A major monograph on the fauna of the marine Cretaceous period of Texas"--Dictionary of Scientific Biography XI:500. Howes R406, Sabin 72591.
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