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Thomas
Webster (1773 &endash; December 26,
1844), Scottish geologist, was born in Orkney, and was educated at
Aberdeen.
He subsequently
went
to London and studied architecture, the
Royal Institution in Albemarle Street being built from his design.
In 1826 he was appointed house-secretary and curator to the
Geological Society of London, and for many years he rendered
important services in editing and illustrating the Transactions of
the Society. In 1841-1842 he was professor of geology in University
College, London.
He was
distinguished
for his researches on the Tertiary
formations of the Isle of Wight, where he recognised the occurrence
of both fresh-water and marine strata; he continued his
observations on the mainland of Hampshire, and subsequently in
Dorset, where he described the rocks of the Isle of Purbeck and
Isle of Portland.To him Sir Henry C Englefield
(1752&endash;1822) was
indebted for the geological descriptions and the effective
geological views and sections of the Isle of Wight and Dorset that
enriched his Description of the Principal Picturesque Beauties,
Antiquities and Geological Phenomena of the Isle of Wight (1816).
The mineral websterite now known as aluminite was named after him.
He died in London on the 26 December 1844.
Sir Harry C. Englefield,
1816. A
Description of the
Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological
Phaenomena, of the Isle of Wight. With additional observations on
the strata of the Island, and their continuation in the adjacent
parts of Dorsetshire, by Thomas Webster, Esq. Payne
and
Foss, 88 Pall-Mall, London.
50 numbered
engraved
plates including 9 double-page (1
hand-coloured), three folding maps (one hand-coloured) First
edition. 4to. (14.5 x 11 inches) some seem to be cut down slightly
at the top edge
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Compton bay
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Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x
23.5
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CulverCliff
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x
23.5.. some
age spotting undertitle
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Ivy H ouse
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x 23.5
£35..
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Curved Stratum Headen
Hill IW
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x
23.5
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Curved Stratum and
Sandpit Headen Hill IW
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x
23.5
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Binnel bay Below
Wolverton IW
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x
23.5
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Chalk Pit on Brading Down
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x 23.5
.. 2
copies
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Theoretical sections
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £15 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x 23.5
.
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Dunnose Cliff
Drawn by Sir
Harry C.Englefield; engraved by
Cooke from Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the
Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological
Phaenomena, of the Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate
mk/image
30.5 x 23.5 .
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Chale farm
Drawn by Sir
Harry C.Englefield; engraved by
Cooke from Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the
Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological
Phaenomena, of the Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate
mk/image
30.5 x 23.5 .
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Quarr Abbey
Drawn by Sir
Harry C.Englefield; engraved by
Cooke from Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the
Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological
Phaenomena, of the Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate
mk/image
30.5 x 23.5 .
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Vertical Clay Cliffs ,
White Cliff Bay
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x
23.5
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Vertical and Curved
Strata , White Cliff Bay
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x
23.5
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White Cliffs, White
Cliff Bay
Drawn by Sir
Harry C.Englefield; engraved by
Cooke from Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the
Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological
Phaenomena, of the Isle of Wight. £20 unmounted RARE plate
mk/image
30.5 x 23.5 .Mucky copy
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Long Stone
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x
23.5
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Clay Pit near Newport
Chalk Pit Mount
Joy
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £40 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x 23.5
.. 2
copies
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Yaverland Church South
Door
Shalfleet
Church North Door
Drawn by Thomas
Webster; engraved by Cooke from
Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the Principal
Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological Phaenomena, of the
Isle of Wight. £40 unmounted RARE plate mk/image 30.5 x
23.5
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Chalk Pit
WhiteCliff Bay
Drawn by Sir
Harry C.Englefield; engraved by
Cooke from Sir Harry C.Englefield, 1816. A Description of the
Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities and Geological
Phaenomena, of the Isle of Wight. £35 unmounted RARE plate
mk/image
30.5 x 23.5 .
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