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Scans of 19th c. science book: "The World before the Deluge"

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The object of "The World before the Deluge" is to trace the progressive steps by which the earth has reached its present state, from that condition of chaos when it "was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the the deep," and to describe the various convulsions and transformations through which it has successively passed.

Shown above: "Ideal Scene of the Lias Period with Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus."

Scanned pages of 'The World Before the Deluge' by Louis Figuier (1872 revision of a 1862 publication) are online at 19thcenturyscience.org: Link. 518 + 8 pages, illustrated with 235 figures. Scroll down to "PLATES" for illustrations of "ideal landscapes" of various geological epochs.

Spotted at Bibliodyssey, where there's more background here: Link.

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