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Peithner, Edler Von Lichtenfels, Johann Thaddäus Anton.

Versuch über die natürliche und politische Geschichte der Böhmischen und Mährischen Bergwerke.

Vienna, Matthias Andreas Schmidt, 1780., 1780

1500.00 €

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(Wien, Austria)

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Year of publication
1780
Author
Peithner, Edler Von Lichtenfels, Johann Thaddäus Anton.
Publishers
Vienna, Matthias Andreas Schmidt, 1780.
Keyword
Medicine, Science, Engineering, Natural History, Mining, Mineralogy, Bohemia, Moravia, History of Economy
Languages
English

Description

Folio. 2 pts. and addenda in 1 vol. XX, 464, (34) pp. With engr. title page, 1 engr. folding map and 15 engr. vignettes. Later marbled boards with contemporary handwritten spine label. First edition. Fundamental work on the entire mining industry in Bohemia and Moravia, reproducing numerous documents; a classic of mineralogy, technical history, and economic history. Peithner served as mining inspector in Prague. The fine, large-sized vignettes, engraved by Jacob Adam and J. E. Mansfeld, show mining scenes, coins, medals, allegories, and a small view of Prague. - A clean, wide-margined copy. - Ferchl 399. Hoover 629. Humpert 3619. Koch 368. Kress 4964. Poggendorff II, 388. Wurzbach XV, 79ff.
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