Product Description
Burchard, Ulrich; Mineral Museums of Europe. Walnut Hill Pub, Haltern, 1986. Quarto, pp. 269 with more than 100 color photos of minerals and numerous b/w images and photos.
The work is complete and in the original green cloth with gilt titles and pictorial dust jacket. In fine condition.
The author reviews 74 mineral museums from fifteen European countries and provides details on the history of each museum and then discusses the minerals displayed in each collection. The many beautiful mineral specimens were photographed by Rainer Bode.
