I have here for sale a book entitled ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY by Charles Lyell.  It is a RARE FIRST EDITION published by John Murray, London in 1838.  It has a colour frontispiece as well in-text b/w illustrations throughout the book.  

Lyell was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history. He is best known today for his association with Charles Darwin and as the author of Principles of Geology (1830–33), which presented to a wide public audience the idea that the earth was shaped by the same natural processes still in operation today, operating at similar intensities. The philosopher William Whewell dubbed this gradualistic view "uniformitarianism" and contrasted it with catastrophism, which had been championed by Georges Cuvier and was better accepted in Europe. The combination of evidence and eloquence in Principles convinced a wide range of readers of the significance of "deep time" for understanding the earth and environment. Of course, if the earth was as old as Lyell suggested, then the gradual evolution of life was a possibility - something that could not have been the case if the world really was only 6000 years old as contemporary religious orthodoxy stated. And therefore, the mind of Charles Darwin was opened to all sorts of possibilities...........

Half calf leather on brown marbled hardboards.  4 decorative raised bands and a black leather title block to the spine.  Chipped slightly to the head.  Front board a little loose.  Small splits to both joints near the top edge.  Internally the pages are clean and tightly bound.  Condition: very good/fine.  543 pages.  18 cm x 11 cm.

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