Charles Joseph SAINTE-CLAIRE DEVILLELivre Rare Book
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Etudes géologiques sur les îles de Ténériffe et de Fogo. Suivi d'une statistique abrégée des îles du Cap-Vert et d'une notice bibliographique
184888778Paris: Gide et Cie 1848. Fine. Very rare pre-publication of the Geological Voyage to the Antilles Gide et Cie Paris 1848 23.5 x 30.8 cm Relié Very rare edition comprising the independent pre-publication of the first part of the major geological expedition to the Antilles and the islands of Tenerife and Fogo a seven-volume quarto work also covering Guadeloupe Martinique and others.Illustrated with 9 lithographed plates including a folding map of the Cape Verde Islands and 6 tinted views.Not recorded by Sabin in his entry on the Voyage.Bound after by the same author: Recherches sur les principaux phénomènes de météorologie et de physique générale aux Antilles printed in Paris by Gide and J. Baudry in 1849.Bradel binding in full black textured cloth smooth spine decorated with blind fillets small losses to spine ends hinges rubbed double blind-ruled frame on boards yellow endpapers and pastedowns sprinkled edges corners slightly rubbed; contemporary binding.Charles Deville 18141876 known as Sainte-Claire Deville was a geologist born in the Antilles on the island of Saint Thomas a member of the Académie des Sciences and professor at the Collège de France.Some occasional foxing remains of a removed ex-libris on the pastedown.His body of work remains little known likely due to the extreme rarity of his publications. Gide et Cie hardcover
