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Iceland
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1150 · Item · c. 1850
Part of Iceland and Greenland

'Mount Hekla from Odde'
'Sketch by Sir Geo[rge] Mackenzie'
'I. Clark direxit'

'Plate 12' from an unidentified publication.

Transjordan
GB 249 T-GED/22/1 · Series · c. 1850

Illustration of Transjordan.

This series is part of Patrick Geddes’ large collection of maps, plans, photographs, prints and drawings of countries and regions around the world. Much of this collection was part of Geddes' Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.

Geddes, Sir Patrick, 1854-1932, Knight, biologist, sociologist, educationist and town planner
Philadelphia (Amman)
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1829 · Item · c. 1850
Part of Transjordan

'Philadelphia.'
'Tho.s Allom Pinx.t'
'J. Cousen sculpt.'

John Cousen after Thomas Allom.

Allom, Thomas, 1804-1872, architect and artist
Istanbul
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1838 · Item · [c. 1850]
Part of Turkey: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions, etc.

View of the City of Istanbul.

'J. Laurens pinx.t.'
'Imp Bertauts [ ... ]'

'146' endorsed top right corner.

From an unidentified publication.

'Staniboul' endorsed in manuscript in pencil in bottom left corner.

Laurens, Jules Joseph Augustin, 1825-1901, artist
Speyside
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/586 · Item · [c. 1850]
Part of British Isles: Scotland: Individual Towns, Cities, Regions etc.

'To his grace the Duke of Gordon, This Print of the Wooden Bridge over the Spey is respectfully dedicated by his obed[ien]t humble servant Arch[ibal]d Simpson, Architect, S. Leith Lith'

S[ ] Leith after Archibald Simpson, 1790-1847, Scottish architect.

'S. Leith Lithographer Banff.' relief stamp in lower margin.

Notebook of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/14 · Item · 1850
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Endorsed on inside cover, 'James Young, Longsight Terrace, Manchester'. Lists of expenses for trips to Scotland, London and Rouen. Details of experiments in paraffin.

Notebook of James Young
GB 249 T-YOU/1/15 · Item · 1850 - 1851
Part of James 'Paraffin' Young papers

Business affairs. Preparing to venture into business with Edward Binney and Edward Meldrum and details of cost. Information on Young’s attempts to discover if paraffin has been patented and his financial interest in the chemistry of dyestuffs.

Hamburg
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1055 · Item · c. 1850
Part of Germany: Individual towns, cities, regions etc.

'Das Alster-Bassin in Hamburg vom Victoria-Hotel gesehen'
'J. Gray del et sc.'
'Verlag von B.S. Berendsohn in Hamburg'

Gray, Jens, fl. 1842-1868, lithographer and engraver