COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Palaeontological map (British Islands).
Obj Height cm:
54
Obj Width cm:
62
Scale 1:
1,550,000
Note:
Col. lithographed map. Southern half of "Geological & palaeontological map of the British Islands." Covers Wales and most of England and Ireland. Shows 25 geologic units. Includes notes, tables and illustrations: Types of groups of Ammonites ... after Von Buch & D'Orbigny." "Geology no. 6."
Full Title:
Palaeontological map (British Islands. By A.K. Johnston, F.R.G.S. From the sketches & notes of Professor Edward Forbes, F.R.S. of Kings College London & of the Government School of Mines, President of the Geological Society). Engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh & London. 1st March 1854, (1856)
List No:
0372.006
Page No:
(pl. 6)
Series No:
26
Pub Date:
1856
Pub Title:
The physical atlas of natural phenomena by Alexander Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., F.G.S. ... A new and enlarged edition. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, MDCCCLVI. [The Author reserves the right of translation]
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 229.
Pub Note:
2nd ed., enlarged. 1st ed. was 1848. Most of the maps are lithographed in color, but some are still engraved. The 1848 ed. was entirely engraved. Maps have both hand and printed color. Covers are half red leather dark teal cloth covered boards with "Atlas." embossed on the spine in gold .
Pub List No:
0372.000
Pub Maps:
38
Pub Height cm:
59
Pub Width cm:
40
Image No:
0372006
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Edinburgh
Publisher:
William Blackwood & Sons
Type:
Atlas Map
Country:
England
Country:
Ireland
Region:
British Isles
Subject:
Geology
Engraver or Printer:
Buch, Leopold von, Freiherr, 1774-1853
Engraver or Printer:
Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d', 1802-1857
Engraver or Printer:
W. & A.K. Johnston Limited
Publication Author:
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Pub Type:
Physical Atlas
Author:
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854
Author:
Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Date:
1854
Palaeontological map (British Islands).
