Val´ter [Walther], Iogann [Johannes], professor (1860 - 1937)
Chernov, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich, professor
Anuchin, Dmitrii Nikolaevich
Pervye shagi v nauke o zemle. Obshchedostupnoe vvedenie i nastavlenie k proizvodtvu nabliudenii. [...] Peterburg [Stockholm,] Izdatel´stvo Z.I.Grzhebina, 1920. 144 p., 101 ill., bibliography. €250
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8 vo, custom library binding. Ex-library copy.VERY GOOD. VERY RARE AS ALL GRJEBINE´S BOOKS PRINTED IN STOCKHOLM, ESPECIALLY BY ´PROGRESS PRESS´.

Johannes Walther (July 20, 1860 in Neustadt an der Orla, Germany – May 4, 1937 in Bad Hofgastein, Germany) was a German geologist who discovered important principles of stratigraphy, including Walther's Law.

On front cover the place of publication 'Peterburg - Stockholm'. On back cover 'Progress Stockholm 1920'. Printing shop 'Progress', at least officially belonged to Parvus. According to some historians of Russian émigré book culture publishing house was a joint venture of Parvus and bolsheviki. Printed on high quality 'Swedish paper'. A translation of 'Vorschule der geologie' with supplemented text by Russian specialists. in the field.WorldCat lists one copy only located in Sweden, only.

Provenance: Hannes Sköld´s library. Purchased in Stockholm on 1922 - 02 -22. Inscription on front cover in black ink and in legible hand.