1869 Rütimeyer, Über Thal- und See-Bildung, Swiss geology, 1st edition, book

L. Rütimeyer

Über Thal- und See-Bildung. Beiträge zum Verständnis der Oberfläche der Schweiz.

Verlag: Basel, Schultze, 1869.

4to.

94 pages.

Illustrations to text and 1 folded map in colour lithography.

Later half cloth with gilt lettering to spine.

(Karl) Ludwig Rütimeyer (born February 26, 1825 in Biglen, Canton of Bern; died November 25, 1895 in Basel) was a Swiss zoologist, anatomist and paleontologist, who is considered one of the fathers of zooarchaeology.

Classic work on the development of valleys and lakes in Switzerland.

Title a little spotted.