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Buckland (William). [Sammelband of geological and palaeontological tracts], 1820-24, comprising: 1. Vindiciae Geologicae; or the Connexion of Geology with Religion Explained, in an Inaugural Lecture delivered before the University of Oxford, May 15, 1819, on the Endowment of a Readership in Geology by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, 1st edition, Oxford: at the University Press for the author, 1820, [8] 38 pp., retaining half-title, without folding plate of manuscript facsimile noted in some copies, small mark to fore margin of title-page and verso of half-title, 2. Account of an Assemblage of Fossil Teeth and Bones of Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Bear, Tiger, and Hyaena, and Sixteen Other Animals; discovered in a Cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire, in the Year 1821 ... from the Philosophical Transactions, London: William Nicol, 1822, 68 pp., 12 engraved plates numbered XV-XXVI, title-page repaired, pp. 67-8 and plates spotted, 3. Notice on the Megalosaurus or Great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield, from the Transactions of the Geological Society of London, London: Richard Taylor 1824, [389]-396 [1] pp., 5 lithographic plates numbered XL-XLIV (2 double-page, 1 folding), list of plates, title-page slightly marked, plate XLI imprint shaved, XLII image just shaved, XLIII (folding) nicked and dust-soiled along fore edge affecting imprint, 4. Observations on the South-Western Coal District of England. By W. Buckland and W. Conybeare. From the Transactions of the Geological Society of London, London: Richard Taylor 1824, [210]-316 [1] pp., list of plates, 7 lithographic plates, maps and plans numbered XXXII-XXXVIII, 4 folding (no. XXXII opening to 26 x 105 cm), all but one hand-coloured, number XXXII with slip-cancels, slightly marked in top margin, and trimmed closely to image along bottom edge at one point, engraved bookplate (Thomas Parry, motto 'Live Well'), contemporary tan calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, 4to (26.2 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1) THE DAVID WILSON LIBRARY OF NATURAL HISTORY PART I 'For a century after his death Buckland's reputation suffered a decline: he was largely remembered as an eccentric figure who tried unsuccessfully to reconcile geology with Old Testament accounts, and as a champion of 'diluvialism' and an outmoded catastrophism which was destroyed and superseded by the "uniformitarianism" of Lyell. However, recent reappraisals ... have shown that, on the contrary, Buckland was one of the leading figures in the golden age of geology. It could be argued that more than anyone else he was responsible for making geology, and in particular the concept of 'deep time', acceptable to the Anglican establishment centred on Oxford, and so for paving the way for the Darwinian revolution' (ODNB).