[FACSIMILE] Xavier Wulfen's Treatise on Carinthian Lead Spars
by WULFEN, Xavier; Wendell E. WILSON, [ed.]
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About This Item
Tucson: Mineralogical Record, 1997. Limited Edition. No. 33 of 150 copies. Quarto (28cm). Bound in faux black leather, backed in maroon calf, titled in gilt on black spine label; grey endpapers; xliv, [2], [2], 150, [2], 108, [10], 35, [3], 20, [2]pp; 21 color plates. A fresh copy, with very minor dirt to lower edge of text block at front corner, erased pencil mark to flyleaf, else Fine.
Facsimile of Wulfen's Abhandlung vom Kärtner Bleispate (Vienna: 1785), a description of minerals found at Bleiburg (in Carinthia, Austria) that is one of the "finest examples of hand-colored mineral illustration." Among the minerals is the popular and eponymous wulfenite. This volume also includes a fascimile of the 1791 Latin translation of Wulfen's book, an English translation, a facsimile of an 1810 biography of Wulfen, a 1986 article on the Bleiburg site, and an introduction by Wilson.
Facsimile of Wulfen's Abhandlung vom Kärtner Bleispate (Vienna: 1785), a description of minerals found at Bleiburg (in Carinthia, Austria) that is one of the "finest examples of hand-colored mineral illustration." Among the minerals is the popular and eponymous wulfenite. This volume also includes a fascimile of the 1791 Latin translation of Wulfen's book, an English translation, a facsimile of an 1810 biography of Wulfen, a 1986 article on the Bleiburg site, and an introduction by Wilson.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55535
- Title
- [FACSIMILE] Xavier Wulfen's Treatise on Carinthian Lead Spars
- Author
- WULFEN, Xavier; Wendell E. WILSON, [ed.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Mineralogical Record
- Place of Publication
- Tucson
- Date Published
- 1997
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