Historic Maps » Composite: Geological, palaeontological map British Islands. by Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871; Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 from 1854

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Composite: Geological, palaeontological map British Islands. by Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871; Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 from 1854

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Author: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871; Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854

Date: 1854

Short Title: Composite: Geological, palaeontological map British Islands.

Publisher: Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons

Type: Composite Map ; Atlas Map

Obj Height cm: 101

Obj Width cm: 62

Scale 1: 1,550,000

Note: "Col. lithographed map on 2 sheets. Southern sheet entitled: Palaeontological map. Shows 25 geologic units. Includes inset of the Shetland Islands, notes, tables, and illustrations of ""Palaeozoic fishes,"" ""Tertiary & post Tertiary Mamallia,"" and ""Secondary reptiles, "" and ""Types of groups of Ammonites ... after Von Buch & D'Orbigny."" ""Geology no. 5. ... no. 6."""

Country: Scotland ; Ireland

Region: British Isles

Subject: Geology

Full Title: (Composite of) Geological & palaeontological map of the 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: 0372.007

Page No: pl. 5-6

Series No: 12

Engraver or Printer: W. & A.K. Johnston Limited

Publication Author: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871

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 Type: Physical Atlas

Pub Maps: 38

Pub Height cm: 59

Pub Width cm: 40

Image No: 0372007

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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