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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.
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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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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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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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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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