LES TREMBLEMENTS DE TERRE RECENTS. LEURS EFFETS ET LEURS CAUSES

VELAIN, Charles

Published by Librairie Ch. Delagrave, Paris, 1909

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Very Good (contents clean & tight; blindstamp of the Museum Of Comparative Geology on front cover, along with a tiny call number). Small quarto: blue printed wraps, nice cloth binding strip along the spine First Edition. Signed presentation from Velain on the upper corner of the title, to Professor W.M. Davis, who was a professor of geology at Cambridge University. Charles Vélain [ May 1845- 1925] was a French geologist and geographer. He was born in Château-Thierry. Charles Vélain's route to the field of geology was an unusual one. He was a student of pharmacy. He studied geology later at the Sorbonne. He was part of several explorations, during which he studied various geological factors that would later bring him fame.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LES TREMBLEMENTS DE TERRE RECENTS. LEURS EFFETS ET LEURS CAUSES
• Publisher: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, Paris
• Publication Date: 1909
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Illustrated With Photographs. An Extract from the annual "Revue de Geographie." A study of volcanoes in California in 1906; in Messine in 1908, and in Provence in 1909. A very scarce title!
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
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  • SCIENCE