The Testimony of The Rocks; Or, Geology in Its Bearings

Boston: Gould and Lincoln, 1857. First American Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's royal blue embossed pebble grain cloth titled and decorated in gilt and blind to spine and front board. [2]; [xiv];[1]; 502pp.;[14] ads to rear. Light bumping and scuffing to corners and spine ends, strong and tight, some darkening to the spine panel, gilt bright, hinges strong; internally clean and fresh, coated yellow endpapers, old ink ownership to title pages, illustrated throughout. A very good, solid copy.

A crusading geologist and scientific thinker who suffered somewhat from his belief that the fossil and geological record bore out and confirmed the biblical account of the creation of Earth, and that man was essentially separate from evolutionary theory, and should be scientifically held separate from the lower animals. An uneasy man, Miller committed suicide during the final release of this, his last work.