Author: Blum, J. R.
Title: Lithurgik oder Mineralien und Felsarten nach ihrer Anwendung in ökonomischer, artisticher und techischer Hinsicht systematisch abgehandelt.
Description: Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, 1840. 8vo 921.1 x 12.6 cm). 507 pp., three engraved plates. Contemporary marbled boards, red morocco label with gilt title on the spine. Edges red. = This forms the supplement to the mineral part of the Naturgeschichte der drei Reiche by Bischoff, Blum a.o., but is complete in itself dealing with economic geology and in particular methods of mining, and the use of tools, as well as on the products obtained. For instance, two plates show Egyptian, Greece and Roman stone columns. Bookplate on the front pastedown, faint library stamp on the titlepage, otherwise a fine copy. Ward and Carozzi, 228.

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