• Title: An Introduction to Geology: Intended to Convey a Practical Knowledge of the Science, and Comprising the Most Important Recent Discoveries; with Explanations of the Facts and Phenomena Which Serve to Confirm or Invalidate Various Geological Theories.
• Author: Robert Bakewell.
• Publisher: Hezekiah Howe & Co., New Haven.
• Publication Date: 1833; Second American Edition from Fourth London Edition.
• Format: hardcover.
• Length: 479 pages
• Size: approximately 6 1/8" by 9 5/8"
• Illustrations: 8 plates (including foldouts) and 18 woodcuts.
• Description: Rare early geology text. Robert Bakewell (1767-1843) was an English geologist and one of the earliest teachers of general and practical geology. 
• Condition: Poor. The hinges are broken and the covers are nearly detached. The cover is stained and worn. The spine is in poor condition. Interior pages are age-toned, damp-stained, and foxed. Page edges are rough.