Descriptions and figures of petrifactions, found in the quarries, gravel-pits, &c. near Bath
By: collected and drawn by John Walcott, esq
Contributors: Hazard, Samuel, -1806, printer; Hazard, Samuel, -1806, bookseller; Matthews, James, 1741 or 2-1804, bookseller; Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827, engraver; Marcou, Jules, 1824-1898, former owner; Marcou, Jules, 1824-1898, presenter; Conybeare, William Daniel, 1787-1857, former owner; Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927, former owner; Fletcher and Hodson
Published: 1779
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Fossil Mollusks; Early works to 1800; Fossils; Pre-Linnean works; Natural history; Pictorial works
Notes: Woodcut tail-pieces.

Some of the plates are signed by the engraver, J. Collyer.

Signatures: a⁴ A-F⁴ (C2, E3 missigned C3, E2).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Catalogue of the books, manuscripts, maps and drawings in the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 5, page 2253

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SCNHRB copy (39088002903482) has bookplate: Bibliothèque de Jules Marcou, Jura, Rocky Mountains.

SCNHRB copy inscribed in ink on original front free endpaper: To Charles D. Walcott / souvenir from Jules Marcou / Purchased at the sale of Conybeare's library in London in 1857 or 58.

SCNHRB copy stamped on original front free endpaper: Smithsonian Institution National Museum Geol.

SCNHRB copy inscribed in ink at head of title page: Chas. D. Walcott / U.S. Geol. Survey 1888.

SCNHRB copy uncut; with original marbled paper wrappers; bound in modern linen-covered boards, printed paper spine label.