REMARKS ON SOME FOSSIL IMPRESSIONS IN THE SANDSTONE ROCKS OF CONNECTICUT RIVER

by John C. Warren, George M. Silsbee

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First edition

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First edition of the first US scientific book illustrated with a photograph, an exploration of fossilized dinosaur tracks — a wonderfully well-preserved copy. Very good plus. Item #40801 Scientists struggled valiantly against the imperfect illustration methods of woodcut, engraving, etching, and lithography for centuries. But the 19th century brought a new technology for representing

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