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Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792–1871

The Silurian region and adjacent counties of England & Wales geologically illustrated

[1839?]

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The Silurian region and adjacent counties of England & Wales geologically illustrated /, [London?] : [s.n.] [1839?], Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.




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  • Title(s)

    The Silurian region and adjacent counties of England & Wales geologically illustrated / by Roderick Impey Murchison ; drawn & engraved by J. Gardner.

  • Published/Created

    [London?] : [s.n.] [1839?]

  • Physical Description

    1 map on 3 sheets ; 100 x 151 cm, sheets 100 x 50 cm.

  • Holdings

    Rare Books and Manuscripts
    QE661 .M87 1839a+ Oversize
    Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
    Accessible in the Study Room [Request]

  • Copyright Status

    Copyright Not Evaluated

  • Classification

    Maps & Atlas (printed)

  • Scale

    Scale [ca. 1:19,200] -- (W 5°40ʹ0ʺ--W 1°53ʹ0ʺ/N 53°6ʹ0ʺ--N 51°33ʹ0ʺ).

  • Notes

    Relief shown by shading and spot heights.
    "From the Ordnance Survey coloured in the field during the years 1831-8."
    Includes inset of "England and Wales coloured according to geological systems," and profiles of "Ideal sections--submarine relations of volcanic rocks to sedimentary deposits" and "Order of the sedimentary deposits."
    Perhaps issued with Murchison's The Silurian system (London : John Murray, 1839).
    BAC: British Art Center copy is hand-colored. Sheet measures 98 x 160 cm, folded to 25 x 32 cm. Mounted on linen. Cased alike with Murchison's The Silurian system (London : John Murray, 1839; BACRB QE661 .M87 1839+).
  • Subject Terms

    Engraving -- Specimens -- 1839. |
    Geology -- England -- Maps. |
    Geology -- Wales -- Maps. |
    Geology, Stratigraphic -- Silurian -- Maps.

  • Form/Genre

    Maps.

  • Contributors

    Gardner, J., engraver.

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