[NATURAL HISTORY - GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON]. Transactions of the Geological Society, Established November 13, 1807. London: William Phillips for the Society, 1811-1821.

FIRST SERIES, comprising volumes I-V in 6 (plate volume), 4to. Numerous engraved plates and maps in separate volume, many folding and hand-colored. (Institution stamps on versos of plates, some marginal toning.) Modern cloth (light wear at spine ends). Provenance: London Geologists' Association (stamps on titles); Bryn Mawr College Library (perforated stamp on title).

IMPORTANT EARLY RUN OF THE PREMIER PERIODICAL DEDICATED TO GEOLOGY. "It was decided [by a Special General Committee of the Geological Society] first that there should be printed 750 copies of each volume of the journal, and second 'That the ink employed shall be of the best quality'. There was to be no skimping. The Society was determined to produce a journal capable of standing comparison with any other of the world's leading periodicals" (Herries Davies, Whatever is under the Earth; the Geological Society of London 1807 to 2007, p.37). 

[With:] 2 volumes from the second series (1822 and 1836-37).

Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas