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    By Hugh Miller
    Edinburgh   William P. Nimmo
    7.5" by 5" [3], iv-lxxii, [1], 2-352, 24pp
    A decoratively bound study of the ancient asterolepis found in Stromness, illustrated throughout.
    By Hugh Miller

    1870 Footprints of the Creator, or, The Asterolepis of Stromness

    Edinburgh   William P. Nimmo
    7.5" by 5" [3], iv-lxxii, [1], 2-352, 24pp
    A decoratively bound study of the ancient asterolepis found in Stromness, illustrated throughout.
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    Description

    Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

    'Footprints of the Creator' looks into the asterolepis of Stromnessm, which is believed to be the oldest organism discovered in the ancient geological system of Scotland.

    Illustrated with in-text engravings.

    Written by Hugh Miller, a self-taught Scottish geologist.

    With a brief memoir on Louis Agassiz, a scholar of natural history.

    The twelfth edition of this work.

    Prize label to the front pastedown, presented to Hugh Robinson.

    Twenty-four pages of publisher's adverts.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few minor marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Prize label to the front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a couple of light spots.

    Very Good Indeed

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