Tableau d'Assemblage des Six Feuilles de la Carte Géologique de la France Exécutée sous la Direction de M.r Brochant de Villiers, Inspecteur général des Mines. Avec les Cercles du Réseau pentagonal par Mr. Élie de Beaumont.1866

DUFRÉNOY, P.A. & ÉLIE DE BEAUMONT, J.B.

Published by ParisImprimerie Impériale ., 1866

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Original chromolithographed map (overall 59 x 63 cm.) dissected into 18 panels, backed onto linen, folding into original marbled paper covered card slipcase (20 x 11 cm.), F Savy printed paper label to verso of first section. Foxing to verso, map itself lightly toned, generally very good. The key map to the very large original of 1841, here 'Avec les Cercles du Réseau Pentagonal' [With the Circles of the Pentagonal Network], dated 1866. This was the "first attempt at a unifying synthesis of the geometry of tectonic deformations on the scale of the Earth.created by the great master of 19th century French geology, Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont (1798-1874). The reseau was the first attempt to interpret global tectonics, well before the discovery of plates, and despite fundamental errors it left a significant influence on many subsequent theories, notably geosynclines." Comité français d'Histoire de la Géologie, périodique annuel, - Troisième série - T.XXI (2007). Seller Inventory # 62352

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Title: Tableau d'Assemblage des Six Feuilles de la ...

Publisher: ParisImprimerie Impériale .

Publication Date: 1866