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xxxvii, 653, [18] pp. Illustrated with 46 lithographed plates, 39 of them hand-colored, 10 of them folding; steel-engraved general title. 11x8¾, bound in ¾ green morocco, spine lettered in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers & edges. First Edition.

Issued as part of the series Natural History of New York; this comprises Vol. 7 in the series. The state was divided into four geological districts, this being the first of four parts. The plates including a large, folding hand-colored geologic map of Long and Staten Islands and the Environs of New York, with a large inset of Manhattan; also profiles, sections, views, etc. Bookplate from the library of John Sinkankas to front pastedown.