Collections – 19th Century Geological Maps

Chapman, A. (ed),  2016. The Great Exhibition in Colour; 75 original images from the 1850s. Charlbury: Heritagehunter, 1st

Bargains £15 or less

Schwarz, EHL. (1928). South African Geology. London & Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1st edition. 200pp. HB.

Geikie, A. (1879). Outlines of Field-Geology. London: Macmillan, 2nd edition, xv + 222 + 55 adverts pp. Hardback

Books - Applied

Japan, Korea, Taiwan (1911).Geological Map of Japanese Empire. Tokyo: Imperial Geological Survey, Feb 1911. Colour lithograph in four quarter

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

Lyell, Charles. (1835). Principles of Geology. London: John Murray, 4th edition, 4 volumes:

King, Lester C. (1967). The Morphology of the Earth: a Study and Synthesis of World Scenery. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 2nd revised

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

Murchison, Roderick I. 1854. Siluria. A History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains. London: John Murray, 1st edition.

Books - Mineralogy and Petrology

Murchison, Roderick I. 1854. Siluria. A History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains. London: John Murray, 1st edition.

Books - Palaeontology

Howe, J.A. (1914). <em>A Handbook to the Collection of the Kaolin, China-Clay and China-Stone in the Museum of Practical Geology</em>. London:

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

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,

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

Knipe, James A. (1859). Geological Map of the British Isles and Part of France. Hand coloured lithograph in four quarters, each 80 x 69cm, dissected and mounted on linen folding to 20 x 11.5cm

British Isles - Entire

Knipe, James A. (1859). Geological Map of the British Isles and Part of France. Hand coloured lithograph in four quarters, each 80 x 69cm, dissected and mounted on linen folding to 20 x 11.5cm

British Isles - Ireland

Knipe, James A. (1858). Geological Map of Scotland, Hand coloured lithograph,109 x81 cm, dissected and mounted on linen folding to 21.5 x 12cm

British Isles - Scotland

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

British Isles - Stanford / Reynolds Atlas

Murchison, Roderick I. 1854. Siluria. A History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains. London: John Murray, 1st edition.

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

Carte Géologique de la France. (1889) Ministère des Travaux Publics, 1st edition. Paris: Baudry et Cie. 1:1,000.000 scale. Colour printed,

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

Lyell, Charles. (1835). Principles of Geology. London: John Murray, 4th edition, 4 volumes:

Europe - Entire

Knipe, James A. (1859). Geological Map of the British Isles and Part of France. Hand coloured lithograph in four quarters, each 80 x 69cm, dissected and mounted on linen folding to 20 x 11.5cm

Europe - France

Carte Géologique de la France. (1889) Ministère des Travaux Publics, 1st edition. Paris: Baudry et Cie. 1:1,000.000 scale. Colour printed,

Europe - Germany

Carte Géologique de la France. (1889) Ministère des Travaux Publics, 1st edition. Paris: Baudry et Cie. 1:1,000.000 scale. Colour printed,

Carte Géologique de la France. (1889) Ministère des Travaux Publics, 1st edition. Paris: Baudry et Cie. 1:1,000.000 scale. Colour printed,

Europe - Netherlands

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

Europe - Scandinavia

Carte Géologique de la France. (1889) Ministère des Travaux Publics, 1st edition. Paris: Baudry et Cie. 1:1,000.000 scale. Colour printed,

Carte Géologique de la France. (1889) Ministère des Travaux Publics, 1st edition. Paris: Baudry et Cie. 1:1,000.000 scale. Colour printed,

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

Murchison, Roderick I. 1854. Siluria. A History of the Oldest Known Rocks Containing Organic Remains. London: John Murray, 1st edition.

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

Japan, Korea, Taiwan (1911).Geological Map of Japanese Empire. Tokyo: Imperial Geological Survey, Feb 1911. Colour lithograph in four quarter

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

[Geological] Map of the Metalliferous Formations of Chile, 1869, Plate 11, from Mines and Miners; or, Underground Life by L. Simonin

Rest of World - South America and Caribbean