In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/22

Date

16 January 1829 - 8 February 1829

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

Of brown leather, this notebook contains fragmentary geological notes. Notes also include subjects like the age of plants; aigration of plants; various short essays. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/21

Date

22 December 1828 - 15 January 1829

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This pink and blue marbled paper notebook covers Lyell's trip from Caltagirone to Naples. It is warped, perhaps from sun or moisture, and the pages appear handcut. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/192

Date

February 1854

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s geological travels around Madeira with Georg Hartung, in the company of Mary Lyell, and Charles and Frances Bunbury. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/19

Date

16 November 1828 - 5 December 1828

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This brown leather notebook covers Lyell's travels from Naples to Nicolosi and contains geological observations at Messina and along the coast road southward; View of Etna and Val del Bove. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/186

Date

December 1853

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This black notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s geological travels around Madeira with Georg Hartung, Charles Bunbury, Mary Horner, and Frances Horner. …

In University Archives and Manuscripts

Identifier

Coll-203/A4/2

Date

2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

Small red leather soft cover notebook, marbled end papers, paginated in handwritten ink. Front cover marked as 'Madeira & Canaries'. …