The internal structure of fossil vegetables found in the carboniferous and oolitic deposits of Great Britain, described and illustrated.
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1833. Quarto, 16 engraved plates. Contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked, a "prize" binding with a contemporary written inscription pasted in.
Henry Witham (1779- 1844) was the first English person to investigate the internal structure of fossil plants by sectioning the specimens and was a founder member of the Royal Geological Society.