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Auction 192, Lot 392

"Geological Map of Europe, Exhibiting the Different Systems of Rocks According to the Most Recent Researches and Unedited Materials...", Johnston, Alexander K.

Subject: Europe

Period: 1856 (circa)

Publication: The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena

Color: Printed Color

Size:
24.4 x 20 inches
62 x 50.8 cm
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This informative and colorful map identifies eight geological types throughout the continent to include Iceland, western Russia to the Urals, Turkey and the Holy Land. Geology provided by Sir Roderick I. Murchison and James Nicol. Legend gives the formation names in English, French and German. Surrounded by keyboard-style border.

The map has the small stamp of the Wakefield Mechanics Institution. Established during the Industrial Revolution, the Mechanics Institution movement in Britain intended to provide adult education for the working man. At a time when most libraries were available only to subscribers, the Mechanics Institutions frequently became the libraries of the working class. Formed in 1841, the Wakefield Mechanics Institution was dissolved in 1935 and its library dispersed.

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Condition: B+

Contemporary color on a sturdy sheet with light color offsetting and minor toning along the sheet edges. There is an old library stamp on recto and verso.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $220

Closed on 4/26/2023

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