East Lincolnshire Geology Jukes-Browne 1887 First Edition Geological Survey
An original 1887 Geological Survey memoir by A. J. Jukes-Browne, covering the geology of Louth, Alford, Spilsby and the surrounding East Lincolnshire Wolds. Complete with 25 woodcut illustrations and a folding plate of geological sections.
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Geology of Part of East Lincolnshire, including the Country near the Towns of Louth, Alford, and Spilsby. (Explanation of Sheet 84.)
Author: A. J. Jukes-Browne, B.A., F.G.S.
Publisher: Published by order of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Printer: Eyre and Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
Place: London
Date: 1887
Edition: First edition, first published 1887
Format: 8vo geological survey memoir in original paper wrappers
Pages: vi, 181
Illustrations: 25 numbered woodcuts, including sections, geological plans and a map, plus a folding plate of sections at the rear. All illustrations checked and present.
Historical & Bibliographic Context
This detailed Geological Survey memoir examines the geology of East Lincolnshire, including the districts around Louth, Alford and Spilsby. It covers the Kimeridge Clay, Lower Cretaceous and Chalk formations, Glacial and Post-Glacial deposits, the hills and valleys of the Wolds, economic geology and water supply, with appendices on fossils and wells and borings.
The work is significant in the development of geological understanding of Lincolnshire. The British Geological Survey notes that Jukes-Browne's 1887 memoir was important to the early development of the lithostratigraphy of the Lincolnshire Lower Cretaceous, with the Spilsby Sandstone defined in the memoir.
The original publication was reviewed in the Geological Magazine in 1888, which recorded it as an 8vo volume of 181 pages with 25 woodcuts and a plate of sections and map.
The memoir also records contributions by other Geological Survey geologists, including William Henry Penning, who had mapped areas near Mablethorpe.
About the Author
Alfred John Jukes-Browne (1851–1914) was a British geologist, palaeontologist and stratigrapher. He joined the Geological Survey in 1874 and worked extensively in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland and Lincolnshire before undertaking major research into the Cretaceous rocks of Britain. He was awarded the Murchison Medal in 1901 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1909.
Binding & Exterior Description
Original printed paper wrappers, with the publishing details printed on the front and printer's details on the rear.
The wrappers remain intact but are worn, with tape around the front edges, small holes and rips, areas of discolouration and general handling wear. The front bears the contemporary pen inscription “M. A. Swinburn, Fern Lea Oak Rd., Healing, Lincs”. The rear wrapper has a pencil notation.
Interior Condition
Pages are lightly tanned, with a tanned title page and occasional very light foxing and small marks which do not obscure the text. There are some small page folds and occasional very small edge tears, including at the inner margins.
The pages remain secure overall, with occasional light gutter cracking. Pencil notes appear at the head of the title page, including “1887 FIRST EDITION, orig. wrapper”, and there is a small pen inscription to the rear pastedown.
Physical Details
Approximately 24.6 × 16 × 1.1 cm.
Weight approximately 282g.
8vo format.
vi, 181 pages.
25 numbered woodcut illustrations.
One folding plate of geological sections at the rear.
The volume also includes an in-text geological map of part of East Lincolnshire.
Completeness
All pages have been checked and are present. All 25 numbered illustrations are present, together with the folding plate of geological sections.
Provenance
The front wrapper is inscribed “M. A. Swinburn, Fern Lea Oak Rd., Healing, Lincs”.
This appears to refer to Mary Amy Swinburn of Fern Lea, Oak Road, Healing, Lincolnshire, who died in 1959. The inscription gives the volume a particularly interesting local connection to the Lincolnshire area described in the memoir.
A further pencil notation appears on the rear wrapper, while the title page bears a later pencil note identifying the copy as a “FIRST EDITION, orig. wrapper”.
Collector Summary
An original 1887 Geological Survey memoir documenting the geology of East Lincolnshire, with particular coverage of Louth, Alford, Spilsby and the Lincolnshire Wolds. A. J. Jukes-Browne's work includes 25 woodcut illustrations, an in-text geological map and a folding plate of geological sections, all present in this copy. The original paper wrappers and contemporary Lincolnshire provenance further enhance its interest as a surviving nineteenth-century regional scientific publication.