Knipe, James A. (1858). Geological Map of Scotland, Lochs, Mountains, Islands, Rivers and Canals, the Railways and Principal Roads and Sites of Minerals. London; Edward Stanford, 1^st edition. Scale 1:633,600 (1 inch equals 10 miles). Hand coloured lithograph,109 x81 cm, dissected and mounted on linen folding to 21.5 x 12cm within green cloth covered boards in style of book with gilt lettering to cover and marbled paper lining. Colouring is immaculate, colours are bright. Six horizontal sections. Cover slightly worn, map is in very good to near fine condition.

The date on the cartouche is 1859. The publisher’s date, 1858, is printed in the bottom margin. This is the first state of the second issue of the first edition, as it has an engraved notice rather than a pasted on notice (ref: Toland, 2013, ‘The life and works of James Alexander Knipe (?1803-1882), British itinerant geological map-maker’ in Earth Sciences History, v.32, n.2, p.308.