11 Engravings: Crystals, mining machinery & geological formations. French Journal des Mines.

Paris: I'Imprimerie de Bossange, 1808. Eleven fine copper engraved plates from a French mining journal, extracted and bound together. Vol. 23, Plates 1 - 5 & Vol. 24, Plates 7 - 11, from 'Journal Des Mines, ou Recueil De Memoires Sur L'Exploitation Des Mines..'

The plates, some folding, include: 6 plates of diagrams of crystalline structures including pyroxene, arragonite, apophyllite, "fer arsenical" and bismuth; geological formations in the valley of Clermont; blacksmith machinery; tools of the metallurgist; and diagram showing refraction of light. Very good overall. Item #23410

Price: $45.00