Title: Sheets of Many Colours: Mapping of Ireland's Rocks, 1750-1890 (Royal Dublin Society historical studies in Irish science and technology)
Publisher: Royal Dublin Society
Publication Date: 1983
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0860270149
ISBN 13: 9780860270140
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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First edition. Introduction discusses the pioneers in the field of cartography, beginning with Susanna Drury's gouaches of the natural phenomenon of the Giant's Causeway in 1740, which were later the basis for widely circulated engravings by Fran�ois Vivar�s--these were among the first studies of the natural rock formations of Ireland. Subsequent chapters analyze the work of individual cartographers, from Richard Griffith's map 1809-1830 to the apotheosis of mapping with the Geological Survey of Ireland of 1869-1890. Well illustrated with black and white plates, color prints interspersed throughout. Issued as part of series, Historical Studies in Irish Science and Technology, number 4. Dust jacket creased. xiv, 242 pages. cloth, dust jacket. large 8vo..

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