COOK, George Hammel / GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. Atlas of New Jersey. Julius Bien and C°, New York, 1888. 615 x 445 m. Large folio atlas in double sheets comprising 17 regional maps, 1 map of the state of New Jersey, and 1 relief map, all lithographed in color except for the map of New Jersey. Gray paper cover sheet decorated with an index map listing the names of all the maps included in the atlas. Minor foxing, small tears in the margins occasionally affecting the map border. The atlas shows counties, townships, settlements, railroads, roads, life-saving stations, light houses, etc. "From original surveys based on the triangulation of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey." During the 19th Century, at various times, the State of New Jersey retained a State Geologist. After a lapse of 3 years from 1861 to 1864, "An act to complete the Geological Survey of the State" 12 passed on March 30, 1864. George Hammell Cook 1818–1889) was given the post and the charge. A former civil engineer and Rutgers professor, he had been Kitchell's assistant geologist during the 1850s survey years. In 1864, Cook also became vice president of Rutgers College; he had been instrumental in the institution's quest for land-grant status.