MANTELL (GIDEON)


A collection of seventeen aquatint plates from 'The Fossils of the South Downs; or, Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex', AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed to "Mr. Jenner with Mr. Mantell's Compts, Lewes 1821" on the front free endpaper, interleaved throughout WITH MANTELL'S MANUSCRIPT NOTES describing each plate, 8 hand-coloured, ONE SIGNED IN INK BY MARY ANN MANTELL, some soiling, a few repairs, [1821]; A Narrative of the Visit of Their Most Gracious Majesties William IV. and Queen Adelaide, to the Ancient Borough of Lewes, on the 22d. of October 1830, FIRST EDITION, LARGE PAPER COPY, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED "To Miss Foster with best regards of the author" on the front free endpaper, 2 engraved portraits, off-setting and spotting, circular ink stamp on title, Lupton Relfe, 1831, modern half morocco, 4to--TURTON (WILLIAM) A Manual of the Land and Fresh-Water Shells of the British Islands, new edition, 12 hand-coloured engraved plates, library stamp on title, modern half calf, Longman, 1840--MURCHISON (RODERICK IMPEY) Siluria. The History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains, FIRST EDITION, 37 lithographed plates (most folding), one folding map, light spotting, library stamp on title, publisher's cloth gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, John Murray, 1854, last 2 mentioned 8vo (4)
|"Saw, teeth, and bones, found in Mr. Jenner's chalk pit, 1817" - a bound collection of engraved plates of fossils, each annotated with a caption by Gideon Mantell, who gifted them to Jenner, owner of a chalk pit near Malling Hill from which many of the most important of Mantell's discoveries emerged, six plates specifically noting the Jenner provenance. In The Unpublished Journal of Gideon Mantell 1819-1852" (edited by John A. Cooper, 2010) there are numerous mentions made of Jenner's quarry between 1817 and 1820. Provenance: Library "withdrawn" labels on front paste-downs.