First and only edition of a work on North-German oolite, written by the German geologist Friedrich Roemer. "It provided the first insight into the fossil riches (over 250 new species) and stratigraphic subdivisions of the northwestern German Jurassic, as well as a comparison with the southern German and English Jurassic" (DSB). In his extensive descriptions, Roemer distinguishes the oolite rock from other rocks in the area, and describes the different sorts of oolite, where they can be found and what fossils they contain.
Friedrich Adolph Roemer (1809-1869) was a geologist, or geognosist as he called himself, and government official. Although an amateur geologist, his numerous monographs on the Jurassic and Cretaceous in north-western Germany "provided the foundation for knowledge of the faunas and for the present stratigraphy of these geological periods in northern Germany" (DSB).
With library stamp. Binding worn at the edges, spine damaged at the head and foot; some browning and foxing; but still in good condition. BMC NH, p. 1719; DSB XI, pp. 501-502; Richter, p. 270; Ward 1894.