Essai sur la théorie des volcans d'Auvergne

Second edition, rare, after the first of 1789.

Contemporary pamphlet, in pink paper. Title label. Spine cracked. Fine copy in condition as issued, uncut.

This treatise on volcanology concerning the volcanoes of Auvergne is important for the evolution of this science, still young at the time. The author studies precisely how volcanoes changed the landscape, cataloguing lava flows and their effects; tracing centuries of geology, when the sea bordered the volcanoes... Manuscript and bibliographic note in pencil at the bottom of the title page.