4 volumes. Comprises: Mather, William. Part I. Geology of the First Geological District. Large hand-colored map, plus 45 other plates, many hand-colored and/or folding. * Emmons, Ebenezer. Part II. The Survey of the Second Geological District. 17 plates, including some views and folding hand-colored maps. * Vanuxem, Lardner. Part III. The Survey of the Third Geological District. Additional engraved general title, many figures. * Hall, James. Survey of the Fourth Geological District. Large hand-colored folding geological map, plus about 20 further plates, many hand-colored and folding. Together, 4 volumes. With general titles from the series. 11¼x9, original gilt-stamped cloth.

This work was the most important to date in American geology. It is the earliest work in the United States to provide a systematic description of the older stratified rocks. Illustrated with numerous sections, views of the scenery, and woodcuts of more than 300 fossils characteristic of the strata. Sabin 53790-53793.