Morlot, A[dolf von]

Leçon d'ouverture d'un cours sur la haute antiquité fait à l'Académie de Lausanne en novembre et décembre 1860 ... [Extrait des Actes de la Société jurassienne d'Émulation, Année, 1860.] Second édition

Porrentruy: Imprimerie et lithographie de V. Michel, 1862. 8vo, pp. 30, [2]; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued; paper toning, shallow chips on edges, old vertical fold, very good. Ownership signature of Professor A Guyot of Princeton on both covers. Guyot was a professor of geology at Princeton and founded its museum there with material from his own collection. Adolf von Morlot was a scientist specializing in geology and later archaeology. During his time at Lausanne he performed the first act of underwater archaeology by diving into Lake Geneva using a diving apparatus of his own design. Item #56811

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