Scope and Contents This brown leather notebook is written in daily entries with full page detailed sketches, and contains notes on geology of Montpellier and Nice, reflections on geological processes and the extension of Rhone delta. On pp.76-78 Lyell writes an analogy between history and geology; p.79 is titled "One state of Nature dependant on another". Front plate: No 6, France, Montpelier, to Grosail. July 24th to Aug 23rd 1828. Written in pencil and ink. ...

Scope and Contents Front cover, No 1 Italy 1828 Nice Aug 25th, Verona Sept 13th. This light green marbled notebook contains notes from Lyell's journey from Nice to Verona, including Lists of shells found in Subappenine beds; Notes on 'Praeternatural Causes', Vallisnieri and 'Modern Causes'. Lyell often only writes on one side of the page, in ink and pencil. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the...

Scope and Contents This notebook, with marbled brown covers, documents Lyell's trip from Verona to Florence, Italy. It includes geological notes, discussion on the object of geology; Action of Earthquakes; Modern causes; observation on the Colours of fossil shells, sketches of maps and routes, Breccia and shells, Hippopotamus jaw 160, illustration. The front cover plate is titled; "No 2 Italy 1828. Verona Sept 14th, Florence Oct 9th." The following table...

Scope and Contents This smaller, thinner notebook with a marbled cover contains notes during Lyell's trip from Florence to Radicofani, mostly illustrations and field notes of cross-sections, labeled, and some descriptions and queries. The front plate reads "No 3 Italy 1828 Florence Oct 13th to Radicofani Oct 15th". The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook,...

Scope and Contents This brown marble notebook was kept during Lyell's trip from, Radicofani to Ischia. Notes were made mostly in pencil, drawn over with ink in faint spots, and writing is often only on one side of the page. There are many illustrations with descriptions. Buckland is mentioned on p. 110, Voltaire on p. 163. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook,...

Scope and Contents This brown leather notebook covers Lyell's activity from Ishcia to Naples. It contains geological notes on Herculaneum, Pompeii, Versuvius; Notes on William Hamilton on great earthquakes in Calabria in 1782; 'Differences between geologist and ordinary observer'; 'Partial activity in the agents of change'; 'Migration'. The front cover plate reads "No 5 Italy 1828 Ischia to Naples Oct 31st to Nov. 15th." The following table of contents is...

Scope and Contents 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. A list of Shells found at Trezza, notes on 'Modern Causes' p. 151 and 'Laws of Earthquakes' p. 164. The writing is mostly in pencil, and there are a few small sketches. The front plate reads "No 6, Italy 1828, Naples Nov. 16 to Nicolosi Dec 5th." The...

Scope and Contents This notebook with green and pink marbled covers covers Lyell's journey from Nicolosi to Piazza. It contains notes in faint pencil and some ink on the stratification of southern Sicily; 'Duration of species'; and 'Extinction of species'. The front plate reads, "No 7, Sicily 1828, Nicolosi Dec 6th to Piazza Dec 22nd". The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of...

Scope and Contents 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. It contains geological notes and long essays on 'Uniformity of Nature', 'Earthquakes', 'Extinction of Species', 'Changes'. The front plate reads: "No 8, Sicily 1828-9, Caltagirone 22 Dec to Naples Jan 15th." Key subjects include Earthquakes p. 176, Change by man, p. 169, Change in geological theories, p. 132, Animals and man p....

Scope and Contents Of brown leather, this notebook contains fragmentary geological notes. Notes also include subjects like the age of plants; aigration of plants; various short essays. The front cover plate is titled "No. 9 Italy 1829 Naples Jan 16th to Geneva Feb 8th". Lyell writes primarily in pencil, with some ink illustrations. Lyell's Own Index p. 5, Naples p. 8, Rome p. 11, Villa Mellina p. 11, Villa Madama p. 19, Laghetto...