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Book by Johann Carl Freiesleben; Magazin fur die Oryktographie von Sachsen. Ein Beytrag zur Mineralogischen Kenntniss dieses Landes und zur Geschichte seiner Mineralien. Freyburg, 1828, 1829 & 1843 supplement.
Freiesleben, Johann Carl; Magazin fur die Oryktographie von Sachsen. Ein Beytrag zur Mineralogischen Kenntniss dieses Landes und zur Geschichte seiner Mineralien. Freyburg, 1828, 1829 & 1843 supplement. Octavo, pp. xvi, 160, 236, 202 and x, 106.

Set is bound in two volumes in later calf with gilt titles, original wraps bound in, x-lib. stamp on covers, early signature inked out on two hefts, text block trimmed, very good. Very rare.
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Book by Adolf Ferdinand Gehlen, editor; Journal für die Chemie und Physik....und Mineralogie. Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung, 1806 & 1807 & 1808.
Gehlen, Adolf Ferdinand, ed.; Journal für die Chemie und Physik....und Mineralogie. Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung, 1806 & 1807 & 1808. Octavo, Bd. 1, heft 1-4, pp. 720, 10 folded plates (2 hand colored of minerals). Bd 3, heft 1-4. pp. 734, 30, 7 folded plates. Bd. 5, heft 1-4, pp. 746 (mis-pagination with pages 117-130 after page 746), 7 folded plates.
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In original boards, gilt spine titles are faded, light wear to board edges, small lib. stamp verso of title pages, light foxing, very good. Rare early scientific journal.
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PRICE: $1,100.00
Book by Alvaro-Alonso-Barba; A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Treatises upon Metals, Mines, and Minerals...2nd edition, London, 1740.
Barba, Alvaro Alonso; A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Treatises upon Metals, Mines, and Minerals...2nd edition, London, 1740. Octavo, pp. 16, 319, frontispiece.

Contemporary calf, raised spine bands, shelf scuffing, very light foxing to frontispiece, very good.
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Book by Baron Ignaz Elder von Born-translated by R. E. Raspe; Amalgamation. 1791
Born, Baron Ignaz Elder von; Baron Inigo Born's New Process of Amalgamation of Gold and Silver Ores, and Other Metallic Mixtures, as, by his late Imperial Majesty's Commands, introduced in Hungary and Bohemia, from the Baron's account in German, translated into English by R. E. Raspe. To which are added, a supplement, or a comparative view of the former method of melting and refining; and an address to subscribers, giving an account of its latest improvements, and of the quicksilver trade. London: printed for T. Cadell, 1791. Quarto, xxxiv, 256 pp., 22 engraved plates, half of them folding.
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 Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, one inch of upper edge of title page with early archival repair, very good+.
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Book by Ernst Friedrich Glocker; Mineralogische Jahreshefte. Heft 1 and 2 and Supplement 1 and 2. Nuremburg, 1835, 1837, 1841.
Glocker, Ernst Friedrich; Mineralogische Jahreshefte. Heft 1 and 2 and Supplement 1 and 2. Nuremburg, 1835, 1837, 1841. Small quarto, Heft 1, pp. x, 296 and heft 2, pp. vi, 560. Supplement 1, pp. xii, 410, 2 folded tables and supplement 2 pp. 411-608, 1 plate of crystal drawings.

Bound in two volumes in recent calf with gilt ruled edges, spine titles and panels. Original wraps bound in 2nd volume, N. Y. Lyceum lib stamp on front and verso of one title page, original covers archivally restored at margins, a very good, set of an extremely rare work.
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Book by Hericart de Thury, Mineralogie Synoptique ou Tableaux des Substances Minerales Specifiees, Caracterisees et Decrites Au Moyen De Signes Conventionels. 1805
Hericart de Thury, Louis Etienne F. & Houry, Louis C.; Mineralogie Synoptique ou Tableaux des Substances Minerales Specifiees, Caracterisees et Decrites Au Moyen De Signes Conventionels. Paris, 1805. Octavo, pp. 160, (36 pages of text and final part consist of tables).

In later calf, text untrimmed, light browning to text edges, very good.
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Book by Heron de Villefosse, Antoine Marie (Baron); De La Richesse Minerale. Considerations sur les mines...1810-1819
Heron de Villefosse, Antoine Marie (Baron); De La Richesse Minerale. Considerations sur les mines, usines et salines dews differens etats, et particulierement du Royaume de Westphalie, pris pour terme de comparison. Partie premiere and atlas. Paris, 1810-1819.

This is the first volume and rare atlas. The set is in a modern tooled calf with gilt titles. Bindings are very clean, text volume with x-lib. stamps verso of titles. In very good condition.
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Book by Jons-Jacob-Berzelius; Die Anwendung des Lothrohrs in der Chemie und Mineralogie. Nurnberg, 1844.
Berzelius, Jons Jacob; Die Anwendung des Lothrohrs in der Chemie und Mineralogie. Nurnberg, 1844. Octavo, pp. xxiii, 284, 4, 4 folded plates.

In recent tooled half calf, raised spine bands, gold gilt spine titles, near fine.

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