"A Manual of The Geology of India" - Calcutta 1879 - 4 volumes in original decorative cloth binding complete with folding maps

"A Manual of The Geology of India"

Printed in Calcutta and "Published by Order of the Government of India"

Sold at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing; Geological Survey Office; And by all Booksellers; London: Trübner & Co.

By H.B. Medlicott, W.T. Blanford (Vol 1&2), V. Ball (vol 3.),  F. R. Mallet (vol 4.).

-Vol 1 1879, Vol 2 1879, Vol 3 1881, Vol 4 1887

Complete in four volumes, Octavo, in contemporary gilt decorated cloth bindings:

-Volume 1: xviii, lxxx, 1-444, one small folding map of the Hill Ranges of India

-Volume 2 viii, 445-817, 21 (of 21) Plates

-Volume 3: xx, 663, 6 (of 6) folding maps (of which 3 large), 10 (of 10) Lithographed plates and 1 woodcut plate.

-Volume 4:xi, 179, 4 (of 4) plates

Total 37 (of 37) plates and 7 (of 7) Folding maps. Without the separate map of India which is sometimes included with the set.

Near fine condition overall. Some bumps and marks to bindings. Tears to inner paper of boards. Interior clean with a few marks here and there.

This is the official report of the geological survey of India, published in Calcutta under the authority of the Geological Survey of India. The comprehensive work was the first systematic description of the physical and economic geography of India. Meticulous in its detail, the 4-volume set gave a clear and detailed summary of the geology of India. Volumes 1 & 2 describe the Peninsular and extra-Peninsular Geology (respectively), Volume 3 the Economic Geology, and Volume 4 describes the (mainly non-economic) Mineralogy of India. The survey was fundamental in the development of mining, infrastructure, and railways in India.

Stamp of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne 14 Feb '83