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Autograph Letter Signed, to J.Chapman, discussing proof sheets, the expense of illustrations, the design of vignettes, and other matters relating to the publication of his book 4 pp. 7 x 4½ inches, folds, in good condition. 5 February 1851. Joshua Toulmin Smith (1816-1869), geologist, political theorist, lawyer. Smith became leader of effective action against cholera in his own neighbourhood at Highgate. he printed a series of papers (Ann. and Mag. of Natural History, August 1847–May 1848, issued as a volume 1848) on ‘The Ventriculidæ of the Chalk.’ The monograph, which was illustrated by his own pencil, was based on laborious microscopic investigations; it established the true character, hitherto imperfectly known, of the class of fossils of which it treated, and still remains a chief authority on the subject. This work drew round him the leading geologists of the day.