Details - The Silurian system, founded on geological researches in the counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford : with descriptions of the coalfields and overlying formations

The Silurian system, founded on geological researches in the counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford

Title

The Silurian system, founded on geological researches in the counties of Salop, Hereford, Radnor, Montgomery, Caermarthen, Brecon, Pembroke, Monmouth, Gloucester, Worcester, and Stafford : with descriptions of the coalfields and overlying formations

By

Murchison, Roderick Impey, Sir, 1792-1871

Murray, John, 1778-1843 , publisher
Clive, Harriet Windsor, 1797-1869 , illustrator
Ince, Joseph Murray, 1806-1859 , illustrator
Murchison, Charlotte, 1788-1869 , illustrator
Phillips, Mrs., active 1839- , illustrator
Salter, John William, 1820-1869 , illustrator
Stackhouse Acton, Frances, 1794-1881 , illustrator
Traherne, Charlotte Louisa, 1880 , illustrator
Webster, Thomas, 1773-1844 , illustrator
Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903 , illustrator
Picken, Andrew, 1815-1845 , lithographer
Scharf, George, 1788-1860 , lithographer
Taylor, Richard, 1781-1858 , printer
Taylor, John Edward, active 1840-1855 , printer
Taylor, John Edward, active 1840-1855 , printer
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850 , printer of plates
Gardner, James, publisher and engraver, , engraver
Day & Haghe, , lithographer

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1839

Notes

"London: printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street"--Verso of title page.

The plates and maps have various illustrators and engravers. Some of the illustrators include: Charlotte Murchison; Mrs. Traherne; Lady Ht. Clive; Mr. R.W. Evans; Ince; Mrs. Phillips; T. Webster; J.W. Salter; J.W. Whymper; and Frances Stackhouse Acton. The maps were engraved by J. Gardner. Lithographers include: A. Picken; G. Scharf; and Day & Haghe. Some plates were printed by C. Hullmandel.

Paged continuously. Volume 1: xxxii, 576 pages, [16] unnumbered leaves of plates; volume 2: [5], 580-768 pages, plates numbered 1-27, 29-37 and 2 bis, 7 bis, 15 bis, and 16 bis. Plate number 28 was apparently not issued.

List of subscribers: volume 1, pages [vii]-xii.

The slipcase contains an engraved and hand-colored map made up of three separate linen-backed folded panels. Each panel unfolds to 94 x 51 cm.

A printed errata slip is pasted in volume 1 (page [xxvi]), beginning: "N.B. Although the words 'Caradoc sandstone' are prefixed ...."

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