Thirty Plates Illustrative of Natural Phenomena, Etc. with a short description annexed to each plate
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- London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846. First. hardcover. very good(+). 30 fine engraved plates with original hand coloring (very occasional spotting). Tall slim folio, brown calf backed original publisher's brown cloth, decorated in blind stamping and lettered in gilt (extremities rubbed). London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1846. First Edition. Very good (+).
The plates include: "The Rainbow"; "The Aurora Borealis"; "The Geysers; or Boiling Springs of Iceland"; "Water Spouts"; "Glaciers"; "Icebergs"; "Caverns"; "Fingal's Cave"; "The Falls of Niagara"; "The Prairie on Fire"; " Halos"; "Coral Reefs"; "Natural Bridges"; "Monsoons"; "Snow Bridges"; "Rapids"; "Petrifying Springs"; "Air Volcanoes"; "The Dropping Well"; "Mountain Passes"; "Perforated Rocks"; "Glacier Tables"; "The Breaking Up of Ice-Floes"; "The Fata Morgana"; "The Ignis Fatuus; or, Will-o'-the-Wisp"; "Avalanches"; "Torrents of Mud"; "Whirlpools"; "Sand Storms"; and "Volcanoes."
The plates include: "The Rainbow"; "The Aurora Borealis"; "The Geysers; or Boiling Springs of Iceland"; "Water Spouts"; "Glaciers"; "Icebergs"; "Caverns"; "Fingal's Cave"; "The Falls of Niagara"; "The Prairie on Fire"; " Halos"; "Coral Reefs"; "Natural Bridges"; "Monsoons"; "Snow Bridges"; "Rapids"; "Petrifying Springs"; "Air Volcanoes"; "The Dropping Well"; "Mountain Passes"; "Perforated Rocks"; "Glacier Tables"; "The Breaking Up of Ice-Floes"; "The Fata Morgana"; "The Ignis Fatuus; or, Will-o'-the-Wisp"; "Avalanches"; "Torrents of Mud"; "Whirlpools"; "Sand Storms"; and "Volcanoes."