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Sir Charles Lyell. Line engraving by F. Croll after J. Mayall.

Ichthyosaurs attending a lecture on fossilised human remains. Lithograph by Sir Henry de la Bèche, 1830, after his drawing.

Sir Charles Lyell. Photograph.

Sir Charles Lyell. Photograph by Maull & Co.

Sir Charles Lyell. Stipple engraving by W. H. Mote.

Sir Charles Lyell. Wood engraving by W. Murden, 1865.

Sir Charles Lyell. Lithograph by T. H. Maguire, 1849.

Sir Charles Lyell. Photograph by Mayall.

Sir Charles Lyell. Stipple engraving by G. F. Stoddart.

Life, letters, and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart / edited by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lyell.

Charles Lyell and the principles of the history of geology / Roy Porter.

Lyell : the past is the key to the present / edited by Derek J. Blundell & Andrew C. Scott.

Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation / By Charles Lyell, esq.

Principles of geology, or, The modern changes of the earth and its inhabitants considered as illustrative of geology / Sir Charles Lyell.

Supplement to the fifth edition of A manual of elementary geology / by Charles Lyell.

Principles of geology : being an inquiry how far the former changes of the earth's surface are referable to causes now in operation. / By Charles Lyell ...

Elements of geology / by Charles Lyell.

Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation / [Sir Charles Lyell].

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Life, letters, and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart / edited by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lyell.

Supplement to the fifth edition of A manual of elementary geology / by Charles Lyell.

Principles of geology : being an inquiry how far the former changes of the earth's surface are referable to causes now in operation. / By Charles Lyell ...

Elements of geology / by Charles Lyell.

Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation / [Sir Charles Lyell].

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Charles Lyell

Images from the collections

Images by Charles Lyell

Images featuring Charles Lyell

Works from the collections

Life, letters, and journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart / edited by his sister-in-law, Mrs. Lyell.

Supplement to the fifth edition of A manual of elementary geology / by Charles Lyell.

Principles of geology : being an inquiry how far the former changes of the earth's surface are referable to causes now in operation. / By Charles Lyell ...

Elements of geology / by Charles Lyell.

Principles of geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation / [Sir Charles Lyell].

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