Ref NoLDGSL/1008/182
TitlePlates from Guettard & Monnet's 'Atlas of France' & Desmarest's 'Maps of the volcanic district of Puy de Dome...'
Date1766-1806
Date NoteSome of the plates have earlier dates than the volume's publication date.
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
FormatMap/section
DescriptionEngravings of mineralogical and geological maps, some with sections, of various areas of France, principally taken from: Jean Etienne Guettard and Antoine Grimoald Monnet, 'Atlas et description minéralogiques de la France...', Paris, 1780. Also four plates showing the volcanic districts of Puy de Dome and Haute Loire from: Nicolas Desmarest, "Mémoire sur la détermination de trois époques de la nature par les produits des volcans, et sur l’usage qu’on peut faire de ces époques dans l’étude des volcans,” 'Mémoires de l’Institut National des Sciences et des Arts, Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques', vol 6 (1806), pp219–289. Bound into a volume and annotated by George Bellas Greenough.
ProvenanceTransferred from the Library, April 2013. Likely to have been part of the Greenough bequest.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageFrench
ArchNoteCatalogued by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameGUETTARD | Jean Etienne | 1715-1786 | geologist
DESMAREST | Nicolas | 1725-1815 | geologist
MONNET | Antoine Grimoald | 1734-1817 | chemist and mineralogist
SubjectExtinct volcanoes
TermVolcanoes
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/8GREENOUGH; George Bellas (1778-1855); geologist1778-1855
DS/UK/1046DESMAREST; Nicolas (1725-1815); geologist1725-1815
DS/UK/1047GUETTARD; Jean Etienne (1715-1786); geologist1715-1786
DS/UK/1048MONNET; Antoine-Grimoald (1734-1817); chemist and mineralogist1734-1817
Places
CodePlaceName
NA14France
NA313Auvergne
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