Collections – 19th Century Geological Maps

Anon (1977). Volcanic Processes in Ore Genisis: London Geological Society Special Publication no.7. London: Geological Society, 1st

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Mohr, Paul. (1998). Africa Beckoning: Explorers of Eastern Africa, its rift valleys and geology, in the 19th and early 20th centuries: Two essays and bibliographies. Galway:

Aikin, Arthur (1815). A Manual of Mineralogy. London: Longman et al, 2nd edition, 263pp. Hardback, marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather half binding

Books - Applied

Berghaus, Hermann, 1892. Atlas de Geologie; Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas, Abteilung 1. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 7pp+ 15 double page maps. First edition.

Researches in the Southern Gold Fields of New South Wales, 1860

Books - Australasia

Mantell, Gideon (1822). The Fossils of the South Downs; or Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex. London: Lupton Relfe, 227 +xvi pp +42 plates. Hardback,

Books - British Isles

Voyages aux Iles de Lipari, fait en 1781, ou Notices sur les Iles Aeoliennes, pour server a l’Histiore des Volcans

West, RG. (1968). Pleistocene Geology and Biology; with especial reference to the British Isles. London: Longmans. 1st edition.

Books - General

Sanders, William (1864). Map of the Bristol Coal Field and Country Adjacent in 19 Sheets, Geologically Surveyed. Hardback atlas, Rare.

Books - History of Geology

Anon. (1937). List of Memoirs, Maps, Sections, etc, Published by the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Practical Geology

Books - History of Map-making

Aikin, Arthur (1815). A Manual of Mineralogy. London: Longman et al, 2nd edition, 263pp. Hardback, marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather half binding

Books - Mineralogy and Petrology

Stutchbury, Samuel. (1846). ‘Description of a New Species of Plesiosaurus, in the Museum of the Bristol Institution’, extract from QJGS

Books - Palaeontology

Hollingworth, S.E. and Taylor, J.H. (1951). The Northampton Sand Ironstone, Stratigraphy, Structure and Reserves. London: Geological Survey

Books - Sedimentology

Cuvier, M. [Georges]. (1818). Essay on the Theory of the Earth. With Mineralogical Notes and an Account of Cuvier’s Geological Discoveries by Prof. [Robert] Jameson.

Books - The Americas

William Smith. 1823. Geological Map of Oxfordshire. Hand-coloured engraving, 54x58cm, dissected

British Isles - England

Blake, J.F. (1888). ‘Map of the Distribution of the Rocks of the Monian System and Associated Rocks in the Island of Anglesey’, b/w printed

British Isles - England & Wales

Walker, J. & C. 1838*. A Geological Map of England & Wales and Part of Scotland. Hand coloured engraved map 144 x 100cm

British Isles - Entire

Geikie, A. (1897). The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, London: MacMillan, 2 vols. V.1, xiv + 477 pp. V2. xv + 492pp. Hardback

British Isles - Ireland

Walker, J. & C. 1838*. A Geological Map of England & Wales and Part of Scotland. Hand coloured engraved map 144 x 100cm

British Isles - Scotland

Lincolnshire (1864) county geological map from Reynolds’s Geological Atlas of Great Britain, 1st edition.

British Isles - Stanford / Reynolds Atlas

Sutherland, D.S. (ed) (1982). Igneous Rocks of the British Isles. London: Wiley, 1st edition.  xv + 645pp. Hardback,

British Isles - Wales

Vienna. Wien Plan der k.k. Haupt und Residenzstadt (c.1850-57). Scale approx1:17,000. Hand-coloured engraved town map 42.5 x 51cm

Europe - Austria

Godwin-Austen, R. (1855). On the Possible Extension of the Coal Measures beneath the South-Eastern part of England’, extract from the Q

Europe - Belgium

Carte Geologique de la Russie d’Europe, 1859. Approx 1:3,675,000 scale. (77 x 93.5cm) hand-coloured engraved map

Europe - East Europe

Berghaus, Hermann, 1892. Atlas de Geologie; Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas, Abteilung 1. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 7pp+ 15 double page maps. First edition.

Europe - Entire

Carte Physique et Mineralogique de la France, c.1840, from Atlas Geographie Moderne, engraved by Thierry. Hand coloured

Europe - France

Hannover, Plan der Residenzstadt mit der Angabe der Hausnummern (1822). Edited by VW Muller and engraved by Wagner. Approx. scale 1: 3800.

Europe - Germany

Vai, G.B. and Caldwell W.G.E (eds) (2006). The Origins of Geology in Italy. Geological Society of America Special Paper 411. Boulder: GSA. 1st edition.

Sheet 39 East, 1982

Europe - Netherlands

Ussing, N.V. (1911). Geology of the Country Around Julianehaab, Greenland. Reprint from Meddelelser om Grønland. v.38. Copenhagen:

Europe - Scandinavia

Anon (1945) Spain and Portugal, v. IV, The Atlantic Islands. Geographical Handbook Series B.R. 502c (restricted), Naval Intelligence

Ball, John (1898). The Western Alps; the Alpine Guide. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 3rd edition. xlix + 612pp. Hardback,

Europe - Switzerland

$Ilfracomb (sic) on the Coast of North Devon$

Illustrations - British Isles

Lowry, Joseph Wilson. 1853. Tabular view of Characteristic British Fossils, Stratigraphically Arranged

Illustrations - Geology

Diderot & d’Alembert (1768) ‘Mineralogy, 4th collection. Mountains, plate 2 (p.136) from Encylopedie, v23. Copperplate engraving

Illustrations - Regional

Geikie, A. (1897). The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, London: MacMillan, 2 vols. V.1, xiv + 477 pp. V2. xv + 492pp. Hardback

New and Noteworthy

Berghaus, Hermann, 1892. Atlas de Geologie; Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas, Abteilung 1. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 7pp+ 15 double page maps. First edition.

Rest of World - Africa

Geological Map of the Vegetable Creek Tin Mining Field, Gough County, New England District, New South Wales 1885

Rest of World - Australia

Berghaus, Hermann, 1892. Atlas de Geologie; Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas, Abteilung 1. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 7pp+ 15 double page maps. First edition.

Rest of World - China

Symons, GJ, ed. (1888). The Eruption of Krakatoa and Subsequent Phenomena. Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society. London: Trubner and Co. 1st edition. 494pp. HB,

Rest of World - Global

Indian Ocean. Grenier, Jacques-Raymond de (1776). Carte du Sisteme des Courantes des Mers de l’Inde dans le Tems de la Mousson du NE au N. de la Ligne. Paris: Lattré.

Rest of World - India & Pakistan

Symons, GJ, ed. (1888). The Eruption of Krakatoa and Subsequent Phenomena. Report of the Krakatoa Committee of the Royal Society. London: Trubner and Co. 1st edition. 494pp. HB,

Rest of World - Indonesia

Berghaus, Hermann, 1892. Atlas de Geologie; Berghaus Physikalischer Atlas, Abteilung 1. Gotha: Justus Perthes, 7pp+ 15 double page maps. First edition.

Rest of World - North America

Carte Geologique de la Russie d’Europe, 1859. Approx 1:3,675,000 scale. (77 x 93.5cm) hand-coloured engraved map

Rest of World - Russia

Trinidad. Map showing the Oilfields in the Island of Trinidad, B.W.I. (c.1930s). Unpublished dye-line map at 1:126,720 scale

Rest of World - South America and Caribbean