Handbuch der gesammten Mineralogie in technischer Beziehung…

by Friedrich August Walchner

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First edition

15 folding lithographed plates three handcolored . xvi, 631, 1 pp.; xiv, 1104 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. half-sheep & marbled boards lower joint of Vol. I partly cracked but strong, minor foxing , spines gilt. Karlsruhe: C.T. Groos, 1829-32. First edition of one of the most extensive introductions to mineralogy and geology of the period. Walchner 1799-1865 , was professor at the University of Freiburg and, in 1825, was appointed professor of

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