| Ref No | LDGSL/706 |
| Title | Map, 'Carte géologique de la France' [published] |
| Date | 1841 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 12 sheets + 1 reduced map |
| Format | Map/section |
| Description | 'Carte géologique de la France' by Armand Dufrénoy and Jean Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce Élie de Beaumont, 1841. Published map with hand colouring. In 12 sheets. Reduced map is chromolithographed, with a dedication to the Society from Elie de Beaumont. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | French |
| Related Material | A draft version of the map without the topography is in the Greenough collection at LDGSL/947/6/J/13. |
| Publication Note | The accompanying text is in the Library collection, published as: Dufrénoy, A., Élie de Beaumont, J.B.A.L.L. and Brochant de Villiers, A.J.M. (ed.) (1841-48) Explication de la Carte géologique de la France. Paris: Imprimerie Royale. ([Mémoires pour servir à l'explication de la carte géologique détaillée de la France]), vols 1-2. Volume 1 includes a hand coloured version of the reduced map, volume 2 came from the Greenough bequest. |
| ArchNote | Description by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | ÉLIE DE BEAUMONT | Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce | 1798-1874 | geologist |
| DUFRÉNOY | Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit- | 1792-1857 | geologist and mineralogist |