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 · Signed

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. First edition of the first American scientific book illustrated with a photograph, an exploration of fossilized dinosaur tracks what Warren calls footsteps of an unknown animal inscribed to fellow surgeon and Benjamin Franklin's great-grandson, Franklin Bache. Very good plus. Item #40804 Scientists struggled valiantly against the imperfect illustration methods of woodcut, engraving,

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