On the fossil foot-marks in the red sandstone of Pottsville, Pennsylvania
By: by Isaac Lea
Contributors: Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886, former owner; Field, Roswell, 1804-, former owner; Lea, Isaac, 1792-1886, inscriber; American Philosophical Society
Publisher: Printed for the author
Published: 1852
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Fossil Footprints; Paleontology
Other titles: Fossil footprints; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society.
Notes: "[From the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. X.]."

Plates are numbered 31-33.

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SCNHRB has two copies.

SCNHRB c. 1 (qQL430.7.U6 L43 1838 SCNHRB) is inscribed in ink on front paste-down: Isaac Lea. Stamped on t.p.: Isaac Lea Collection. There are also handwritten notes in pencil in the margins, possibly made by Lea

SCNHRB c. 1 is stamped: Library, U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution Jan 7 1890 [ms. acc. no.] 134760.

SCNHRB c. 1 is bound with: Lea, I. A synopsis of the family of Naiades. [Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1838] (c. 1) -- Lea, I. Notice of the Oolitic formation in America. [Philadelphia: s.n., 1841] -- Lea, I. Description of nineteen new species of Colimacea. [Philadelphia: s.n., 1841] -- Lea, I. Description of a new species of the genus Unio. [Philadelphia: s.n., 1836] -- Lea, I. On a fossil Saurian of the new red sandstone formation of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Merrihew & Thompson, 1852 -- Lea, I. On the genus Acostæa of D'Orbigny, a fresh water Lamellibranchia. [Philadelphia: s.n., 1851]. Bound together subsequent to publication.

SCNHRB c. 1 is bound in plain tan paper boards; housed in an archival cardboard drop-back box: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Preservation supported by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

SCNHRB c. 2 (qQE845 .D285 1849 SCNHRB) is inscribed on t.p.: To Mr. Roswell Field from the author.

SCNHRB c. 2 is stamped: Vertebrate Paleontology, U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution National Museum.

SCNHRB c. 2 is bound with: Deane, J. Illustrations of fossil footprints of the valley of the Connecticut. [Boston : American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1849] -- Deane, J. Fossil footprints of Connecticut River. [Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1850?] -- Deane, J. On the sandstone fossils of Connecticut River. [Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1856?]. Bound together subsequent to publication.

SCNHRB c. 2 has an old black half-leather binding with mottled paper boards, raised bands, and a gilt-lettered spine.