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 ...."

Dibner Library. Heralds of Science (1980 ed.), | 97

Nissen, C. Zoologische Buchillustration, | 2944

Challinor, J. History of British geology, | 141

Subjects

Geology , Geology, Stratigraphic , Great Britain , Silurian

BHL Collections

Women in Natural History

Call Number

QE661 .M97s 1839

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.88029
OCLC: 16888931
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106473385