Collections – 19th Century Geological Maps

Prosser, Robert (1977). Geology Explained in the Lake District. Newton Abbot: David and Charles. First edition.

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Viljoen, M.J. and Reimold, W.U. (1999). An Introduction to South Africa’s Geological and Mining Heritage.

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 (1914). Manual of Map Reading and Field Sketching, 1912. London: HMSO for General Staff-War Office. 101pp + 20 plates

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

Brindley, GW, and Brown, G. (1984). Crystal Structures of Clay Minerals and their X-ray Identification, Mineral Society Monograph no. 5. London: Mineralogical Society. 495pp. HB.

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

Hull, Edward (1878). The Physical Geology and Geography of Ireland. London: Stanford. 1st edition.

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

Sedgwick, Adam (1845), Geological Map of North Wales to accompany ‘On the Older Palaeozoic (Protozoic) Rocks of North Wales’, extract from QJGS

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

Lophem-Oedelem, sheet 38

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

Tolmino, 1937, from Carta Geologica delle Tre Venezie, sheet 26, by Ufficio Idrografico del R. Magistrato alla Acque – Venezia

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

Ramsay, Andrew C., and Geikie, James (1878). Geological Map of Gibraltar, in ‘On the Geology of Gibraltar’, extract from the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, v34,

Tektonische Skizze der Gebirge zwischen Samaden und Julierpass

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

Lewis, C.L. and Knell, S.J. (2009). The Making of the Geological Society of London. Special Publication 317. London: Geological Society, 471pp. Hard cover. New.

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