"Text-Book of Geology by Sir Archibald Geikie stands as one of the great authoritative geological syntheses of the late nineteenth century, written by a figure at the very centre of British scientific life. As Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland, Geikie brought together field observation, continental scholarship, and teaching clarity in a volume designed both for advanced students and serious readers of the natural sciences. This 1893 Third Edition, revised and enlarged, reflects the maturity of Victorian geology, addressing physical, dynamical, and historical geology with systematic precision, while incorporating developments in volcanism, stratigraphy, erosion, and earth-forming processes that had emerged since earlier editions.
The work is richly illustrated throughout with detailed engravings, diagrams, and landscape studies that vividly convey geological structures and processes, including dramatic treatments of volcanic plains, erosion, and coastal formations, alongside the notable fold-out plate depicting the plateau and canyons of the Colorado. Bound in the original publisher's cloth and retaining its visual and instructional integrity, this edition represents both a serious scientific textbook and a landmark reference work of its era, appealing particularly to collectors of nineteenth-century scientific literature, historians of geology, and readers with an interest in the Victorian understanding of the natural world.
Light wear, fading and minor rub through to covers and spine as shown. Contemporary owner inscription with old bookplate. Light foxing to prelims with the vast majority of pages being clean and well presented. Binding is excellent with no loose pages. A nice copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.
