GEOLOGY. - Roderick Impey MURCHISON. On the Geological Structure of the Alps, Apennines and Carpathians. London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1849. 8vo (208 x 129mm.) 1 folding lithographed sectional plan, includes 'On the Earlier Volcanic Rocks of the Papal States and the Adjacent Parts of Italy' and 'On the Vents of Hot Vapour in Tuscany, and Their Relations to Ancient Lines of Fracture and Eruption'. (Toning.) Near contemporary green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, two black morocco lettering pieces to the spine (rubbing to extremities). Note: rare. Originally published in the Quarterly Journal of The Geological Society of London. - And a further two volumes relating to the Alps (including T.G. Bonney's 'The Alpine Regions of Switzerland and the Neighbouring Countries', 1868, 8vo, and John Tyndall's 'The Glaciers of the Alps, being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents', 1860, 8vo) (3). Provenance: by descent, from the estate of Rendel Williams.