Letters from Gastaldi, Bartholomeo to Charles Lyell, 28 August 1857 - 25 May 1866
File — Box: Box 1.4
Identifier: Coll-203/1/85
Scope and Contents
"Lyell summarises the letters as:
1) 'Gastaldi, Turin & Swift miocene fossils compared.'
2) 'Gastaldi, E. primigenius Loggia Turin.'
3) 'Gastaldi section.'
4) 'Gastaldi sending section of [?] erratic block formation.'"
Dates
- Creation: 28 August 1857 - 25 May 1866
Creator
Language of Materials
French
Full Extent
1 folder (4 letters, 2 envelopes and 2 drawings)
Processing Information
Listed by Bethany Lawson, and catalogued by Pamela McIntyre, Strategic Projects Archivist, November 2025.
Subject
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk