Geikie, Archibald (1892). Geological Map of Scotland. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew. 1st edition. Scale 1:633,600 (1 inch = 10 miles) colour printed lithograph 80 x 69.5cm,

John Bartholomew

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Geikie, Archibald (1892). Geological Map of Scotland. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew. 1st edition. Scale 1:633,600 (1 inch = 10 miles) colour printed lithograph 80 x 69.5cm, dissected and mounted on linen folding to 21 x 12.5cm within blue embossed cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on front. Inset in upper right includes Orkney and Shetland Isles. Adjacent areas of Ireland and England are coloured. Colours bright, paper clean, linen age-darkened but intact. The cover is slightly bumped with little wear. Index map to Bartholomew’s half inch map series of Scotland on back of Explanatory Notes so as to face index map to Bartholomew’s half inch map series of England and Wales attached to back of map to face outwards. It has a previous owners name stamp. 32 page Explanatory Notes to Accompany a Geological Map of Scotland stitched into cover. Map and cover in very good condition.