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Creator:
Smith, William, 1769–1847
Title(s):
A delineation of the strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland : exhibiting the collieries and mines, the marshes and fen lands originally overflowed by the sea, and the varieties of soil according to the variations in the substrata : illustrated by the most descriptive names / by W. Smith ...
Published/Created:
London : J. Cary, 1815.
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2], 14 leaves) : hand col. maps ; 56 x 69 cm. + 1 book (ix, [3], 51 p., [2] folded leaves of plates ; 26 cm.)
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B G 3 Copy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B G 3 Copy 2
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC: British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 is bound as described above. It is accompanied by the Memoir.
BAC: Copy 2 has the map on 3 sheets mounted on linen and in case, also as issued (cf. D. Smith). Index map and Memoir are wanting.
BAC: Fourth issue. Signed in pen and ink at bottom: Wm. Smith, b. 24
Together the 14 leaves make up one map.
Accompanied by: A memoir to the map and delineation of the strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland / by William Smith. London : John Cary, 1815.
Smith, D. Victorian maps, p. 46, 60
Eyles, J. M. William Smith (1769-1839): A bibliography of his published writings, maps and geological section, printed and lithographed. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History, 5, 87-109
Subject Terms:
Cary, John -- Publisher
Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1815
Geology -- Great Britain -- Maps.
Geology -- Great Britain.
Geology, Stratigraphic.
Contributors:
Smith, William, 1769–1839. Memoir to the map and delineation of the strata of England and Wales, with part of Scotland.
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