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Genoa, Italy

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Genoa, 1836, c.1914

 piece
Identifier: Coll-1167/A/5/15/c
Scope and Contents

Plan of Genoa showing layout and elevations of principal buildings to scale.

Dates: c.1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Renaissance Cities / Harbour Towns: plans, panoramas, views and comparative elevations, 1832-1840

Harbour Towns: plans, panoramas, views and comparative elevations, 1832-1840, c.1914

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1167/A/5/15
Scope and Contents

Set of 8 prints showing plans of towns with panoramas, views and comparative elevations of principal buildings to same scale. All published for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Top row, left to right: 1. Liverpool, 2. New York, 3. Genoa, 4. Lisbon. Second row, left to right, 5. Marseilles, 6. Naples., 7. Bordeaux, 8. Copenhagen.

Dates: c.1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Patrick Geddes Collection / The Cities and Town Planning Exhibitions / Renaissance Cities

Notebook No.22, 16 January 1829 - 8 February 1829

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 1: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/22
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...
Dates: 16 January 1829 - 8 February 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks