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First geological textbook on the teachings of Werner

1. AUBUISSON DE VOISINS, Jean François d’. Traité de géognosie, ou exposé des connaissances actuelles sur la constitution physique et minérale du globe terrestre.Strasbourg, F.G. Levrault, 1819. 2 volumes. 8º. With 2 folding engraved plates, of which 1 finely coloured by hand, and 1 folding table. Contemporary half calf. € 650

The first geological textbook in France based on the teachings of Werner. It won wide popularity on account of its clearness and elegance in the mode of treatment. D’Aubuisson held closely to the methodical arrangement of the subject introduced by Werner and took his illustrative examples chiefly from French geology. His deviation of Werner’s teaching was the insertion of Tertiary for-mations between the Secundary deposits and diluvial clays and gravels. He was, together with Leopold von Buch and Alexander von Humboldt, one of the three great pupils of Werner (Zittel, pp. 143–144).Heads of spines damaged. A good set of this classic work.

BMC NH, p. 70; Ward 88.

Groundbreaking chemical analysis of minerals2. BERGM A N, Torbern Olof. Manuel du minéralogiste; ou sciagraphie du règne minéral, distribuée d’après l’analyse chimique... Mise aujour par M. Ferber... et traduite et augmentée de notes par M. Mongez le Jeune. Nouvelle édition, considérablement augmentée, par J.C. Delamétherie.Mongez le Jeune. Nouvelle édition, considérablement augmentée, par J.C. Delamétherie.Paris, Cuchet, 1792. 2 volumes. 8º. With 2 engraved plates, one folding, and 7 plates extra added. Contemporary olive sheepskin, modern paper sides. € 850

Enlarged and highly valuable edition of this important mineralogical work. The first edition of the Sciagraphia consisted of 166 pages, and J.C. Delaméthrie provided the enlargements in the present edition. Very good copy, only very slightly foxed, spine of first volume slightly damaged at top and bottom. Interesting copy of a valuable mineralogical work with 7 extra plates.

Moström 293; Ward 179.

”the leading textbook in mineralogical science in France for many years”3. BEUDA NT, François Sulpice. Traité élémentaire de minéralogie. ... Deuxième edition.Paris, Verdière (back of half-title: Hippolyte Tilliard; volume 2: Paul Renouard), 1830–1832. 2 volumes. 8º. With 24 folding engraved plates, some coloured by hand, and several letterpress folding tables. Contemporary half sheepskin. € 1250

Second edition of a monograph on mineralogy by the eminent French mineralogist and geologist François Sulpice Beudant (1787–1850). “This much expanded and improved edition reflects the tremen-dous strides mineralogy and chemistry made during the first part of the 19th century. ... this was the leading textbook in mineralogical science in France for many years” (Schuh). It starts with a brief intro-duction on the distinction between mineralogy and geology, followed by chapters on the different forms of minerals, how they arise, their chemical compo-sition, classification, usage etc. The second volume deals with the different mineral families and their precious stones. “Mineralogical investigations, par-ticularly experiments with carbonates and other salts, revealed to Beudant a principle of the combination of mineral substances that he expressed in Beudant’s law. Essentially, he found that some compounds dissolved in the same solution would precipitate together, forming a crystal whose properties they determined in common. The interfacial angles of this new crystal would have a value intermediate between the angles of the original compounds, pro-portional to the quantity of each” (DSB).Slightly browned and foxed throughout. Bindings rubbed along the extremities. Overall in good condition.

DSB II, p. 106; Schuh, Beudant 5; not in Sinkankas.

Important treatise on palaeontology, with 441 illustrations of fossils and shells

4. [BOURGUET, Louis]. Mémoires pour servir a l’histoire naturelle des pétrifications dans les quatre parties du monde.The Hague, Jean Neaulme, 1742. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4º. With 60 folding engraved plates with 441 illustrations of fossils and shells. Modern half calf, gold-tooled spine. € 1950

First edition of an extensive treatise on palaeontology by the French archae-ologist philosopher and mathematician Louis Bourguet (1678–1742). The first part is a compilation of letters relating to Bourguet’s previous work, Lettres philosophiques, wherein he compares the processes of the mineral world to processes of the living world. The second part contains sixty plates of fossils, including those unearthed by the author mostly from Switzerland or taken from the works of Lang and Scheuchzer. The 441 illustrations are accompanied by concise explanatory text, a comprehen-sive bibliography of palaeontology, and a list of international areas where fossils have been found.With the top margin of the title-page trimmed off without losing text and some wormholes, not affecting the text. Good copy.

Honeyman 450; Nissen, ZBI 498; Poggendorff I, cols. 260–261.

”Fascinating and valuable” account of the Victorian goldfields

5. FAUCHERY, Antoine. Lettres d’un mineur en Australie... précédées d’une lettre de Théodore de Banville.Paris, Poulet-Malassis et de Broise, 1857. 8º. With the title-page printed red and black. Modern black half morocco, with the original wrappers bound in. € 400

First edition of one of the best early Victorian goldfield accounts by Antoine Fauchery (1823–1861), with a preface by Théodore de Banville (1823–1891). When Fauchery arrived in Australia in 1852, he went to Ballarat, Victoria, where he worked for two years on the gold-fields. “First-hand reportage of life in Victoria in the 1850’s is rare, thus making Frenchmen Antoine Fauchery’s reflections on his experiences both fascinating and valuable. ... He was one of the most perceptive observers of Victorian life in the 19th century, and his written and pictorial depictions of life in the infant colony during the gold-rush era are among the earliest published” (McCalman). Fauchery published the present work when he was back in France. The letters included paint a vivid picture of life in early Melbourne and on the goldfields at the height of the gold rush in the 1850s, and include a description of the con-ditions upon the Ballarat diggings at the time of the Eureka Stockade Riots.With a manuscript owner’s inscription on paper wrappers and on half-title. Paper wrappers slightly soiled, slightly browned with only a few, mostly marginal stains, but overall in very good condition.

Ferguson 9559; I. McCalman, Gold: forgotten histories and lost objects from Australia, pp. 299–300; Oberlé, Poulet-Malassis 483.

On the origin of basalt6. FAUJA S DE SA INT-FOND, Barthélemy. Minéralogie des volcans, ou description de toutes les substances produites ou rejetées par les feus souterrains.Paris, Cuchet, 1784. 8º. With 3 engraved plates. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers. € 1500

First edition of a monograph on volcanic minerals by the notable French geologist Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819). It consists of 20 chapters, dealing with different sorts of basalt and other rocks and volcanic elements, including scoria, obsidian, pozzolana, minerals, salts, giving a detailed mineralog-ical and physical description. It was first book to establish the notion that basalt was a product of volcanic action. The origin of basalt was one of the central questions of that time. Faujas de Saint-Fond determined independently from Desmarest that it was of volcanic origin and not crystallization from water. Pages 435–468 consist of a catalogue of volcanic products of Mount Etna, added to the collection of samples sent by M. Deodat de Dolomieu to the author, and pages 469–508 contain an extensive alphabetic list of subjects. The plates show the different appearances of basalt, round and edged, and several basalt formations.Edges somewhat frayed, with some very faint marginal foxing and a marginal water stain, otherwise in good condition. Paper wrappers heavily worn, front wrapper detached from book block. Overall a good, wholly untrimmed, copy of a monograph on volcanic rocks by one of the foremost geologists of his time.

DSB IV, pp. 548–549; Hoover 292; NBG XVII, cols. 168–172; Ward 781.

First scientific study of the St. Pietersberg at Maastricht

7. FAUJA S DE SA INT-FOND, Barthélemy. Natuurlijke historie van den St. Pieters Berg bij Maastricht. ... Uit het Fransch door J.D. Pasteur.Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1802. 8º. With an engraved title-page with a small illustration by D. Vrijdag, a folding engraved map and folding engraved plan of the St. Pietersberg, and numerous illustrations of minerals and fossils on 52 folding engraved plates. Contemporary half calf, gold-tooled spine. € 1600

First edition of the Dutch translation of a geological study of the St. Pietersberg near Maastricht, the Netherlands by Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741–1819), a French geologist and assistant of Buffon at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. When in the course of the French Revolution the Netherlands became part of France, Faujas de Saint-Fond came to explore the St. Pietersberg near Maastricht. He collected a mass of fossils, and published his natural history of the Sint Pietersberg, which represented the first scientific study about this now famous calcare-ous mountain. The work was richly illustrated with newly engraved plates showing the caves, fossils, and minerals. It became the favourite school book on the subject, espe-cially in Limburg.Slightly browned, with some occasional, mostly marginal, small spots and some of the margins slightly frayed. Binding worn along the extremities, with the marbled paper sides heavily scratched. Overall in good condition.

Bibl. Natura Artis Magistra 1542; Poggendorff I, col. 724.

Petrified traces of lightning8. H A RTING, Pieter. Notice sur un cas de formation de fulgurites et sur la présence d’autres fulgurites dans la sol de la Néerlande.Amsterdam, C.G. van der Post, 1874. 4º. With a lithographed plate and 5 lithographed figures in text. Original publisher’s printed stiff paper wrappers. € 200

Rare offprint, with new title-page and page numbers, of a brief sci-entific description of the formation of fulgurites, a mineraloid, in the soil of the Netherlands by the Dutch biologist Pieter Harting (1812–1885). Fulgurites are tubular and often branched forma-tions of fused sand or rock, created when lightning strikes the ground. These geologic formations, looking like fossils or stones, are illustrated in the lithographed plate by P.W. v.d. Weyer and in the figures in text. The present article was first published in Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, part XIV.Some foxing, especially on the first two leaves and the front wrapper, but otherwise good, with some of the bolts unopened. Front wrapper detached from bookblock.

WorldCat (4 copies); not in Hoover.

Humboldt’s invention of a gas mask for miners

9. HUMBOLDT, Alexander von. Ueber die unterirdischen Gasarten und die Mittel ihren Nachtheil zu vermindern. Ein Beytrag zur Physik der praktische Bergbaukunde.Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg, 1799. 8º. With 3 folded engraved plates. Modern half leather. € 2950

Very rare collection of studies of air and gasses in mineshafts, including Humboldt’s invention of safety lamps and a rescue apparatus for miners threatened with asphyxiation. Both devices had been tested by Humboldt himself in dangerous experiments. The author was employed by the Prussian mining service in 1792 and soon became manager of a mine. In the present work he investigates the air condition of mines under different circumstances, writes on subterranean meteorology, and deals with the technological side of mining matters (DSB VI, p. 549).Some foxing; a few pages with marginal restoration; a good copy of this interesting work on mining.

Darmstaedter, p. 272; Löwenberg 57; Sotheran, Second Suppl. 14123 (rare); not in Hoover.

Techniques for mineralogical study of rocks10. HUSSA K, Eugen. Anleitung zum Bestimmen der gesteinbilden–den Mineralien.Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1885. 8º. With 103 lithographed figures in the text and on 4 double-page plates. Contemporary half sheepskin, gold-tooled spine. € 150

First edition, in the original German, of an important work on petrology by the Austrian mineralogist Eugen Hussak (1856–1911). Divided into two parts, “Methoden der Untersuchung” (Methods of examination) and “Tabellen zur Bestimmung der Mineralien” (Tables for the determination of minerals), it gives a complete description of the techniques used to determine the miner-alogical composition of rocks, using optical, chemical and mechanical oper-ations, together with a series of tables with information for the identification of rock-forming minerals.With two owner’s inscriptions on first flyleaf. Slightly browned throughout, but otherwise in very good condition. Binding worn along the extremities, top of the spine slightly damaged.

BMC NH, p. 895.

Rare work on the mineral springs in Hungary11. K ITA IBEL , Paul. Hydrographica Hungariae praemissa auctoris vita. Edidit Joannes Schuster.Pest, J.M. Trattner de Petróza, 1829. 2 volumes. 8º. With 1 folded table. Later half morocco, cloth sides, gold-tooled spine, gilt upper edges, decorative endpapers. € 2750

Very rare first and only edition of a work on the mineral springs of Hungary by the Hungarian botanist, mineralogist and chemist Paul Kitaibel (1757–1817), containing extensive descriptions of the properties and quality of the water and the supposed medical values.“Kitaibel spent almost his entire life traveling through Hungary, studying the plant and animal life, collecting minerals, and analysing mineral waters. […] His botanical and mineralogical collection became the basis for the natural history collection of the Hungarian National Museum” (DSB). The present work was published posthumously from Kitaibel’s papers by Johannes Schuster, his successor as professor of chemistry and botany in Budapest, and contains an extensive biography and bibliography of Kitaibel.Bookblock loose from one hinge, spines slightly rubbed, but otherwise in very good condition.

DSB VII, pp. 390–391; Poggendorff I, col. 1264 & II, col. 870; WorldCat (4 copies); not in BMC NH; Ward; Wellcome; etc.

A classic account of Silurian geology and fossils, with a chromolithographed geological map and numerous illustrations

12. MURCHISON, Roderick Impey. Siluria. A history of the oldest rocks in the British Isles and other countries; with sketches of the origin and distribution of native gold, the general succession of geological formations, and changes of the earth’s surface. ... Fourth edition.London, John Murray, 1867. Large 8º (22 × 14 cm). With a chromo-lithographed frontispiece, a large folding chromolithographed geologi-cal map (43 × 46 cm), a lithographed stratigraphic chart, 42 numbered lithographed plates, a folding letterpress table, and about 210 wooden-graved illustrations in the text. Original publisher’s brown cloth with the bookbinder’s ticket of Edmonds & Remnants, London. € 400

Fourth edition (extensively revised and expanded) of Sir Roderick Impey Murchinson’s Siluria, based upon his great work The Silurian System from 1839. The gigantic task Murchison (1792–1871) set out to accomplish together with Adam Sedgwick (1785–1873), was to characterize a great natural system of ancient deposits that had not before been classified, a complete subdi-vision of the strata that held the key to the early development of life on earth. In 1831 the two friends began their investigation in Wales and neigh-bouring districts, the discoveries published in The Silurian System. With great accuracy he described the stratigraphical relations, the lithological characters of the rocks, the fossil and mineral content, and the occurrences of volcanic rocks. He also distinguished three divisions within the Silurian system.With the inscription “from the author” on first blank, some pencil notes on title-page. In very good condition, with most of the bolts unopened. Binding slightly rubbed along the extremities and spine slightly dis-coloured, otherwise in good condition. A classic account of the Cambrian and Silurian periods, beautifully and extensively illustrated.

BMC BH, p. 1380; Nissen, ZBI 2945; Zittel, pp. 432–438.

Famous pre-evolutionist work on biostratigraphy and paleontology, well illustrated

13. OR BIGN Y, Alcide d’. Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques.Paris, Victor Masson, 1849–1852. 2 text volumes (8º) and 1 table volume (4º). With 628 mostly woodengraved figures in text (except for 1 folding cross-section) and 17 numbered tables (16 folding). Volumes 1 and 2 in contemporary half morocco. Volume 3 (tables) in original printed paper wrappers with green cloth spine. € 1950

Complete first edition, including the often lacking tables, of a standard work on stratigraphy and paleontology by the famous Alcide d’Orbigny (1801–1857), “perhaps the most accom-plished French paleontologist of the generation following Cuvier” (Young). In this work “he subdivided the Cretaceous System into ‘stages’, based on the notion that a typical fauna would be annihilated and replaced by a new fauna” (Young). He based his new classifica-tion of fossils on his research on geological strata, establishing the vital link between pale-ontology and stratigraphic geology that has proved so fruitful for both disciplines. Many contemporary geologists opposed his stratigraphic ideas, but despite this controversy he was appointed professor of paleontology at the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris in 1853. The work contains numerous woodengraved illustrations by E. Salle, which show an enormous variety of plant and animal fossils, from tiny invertebrates to gigantic dinosaurs. In very good condition, with only some faint foxing on the first and last few pages. Bindings of the text volumes slightly rubbed along the extremities and worn along the corners; paper wrappers of the tables slightly soiled, but still in good condition.

DSB X, pp. 221–222; Ward 1684; D.A. Young, Geological evidence for the age of the earth, p. 109.

Influential handbook on paleontology, with 110 lithographed plates

14. PICTET, François Jules. Traité de Paléontologie ou histoire naturelle des animaux fossiles considérés dans leurs rapports zoologiques et géologiques. Seconde édition.Paris, J.-B. Baillière, 1853–1857. 4 text volumes (8º) and 1 atlas (folio). With 110 lithographed plates depicting numerous figures. Contemporary black half sheepskin. Atlas volume with the original paper wrappers mounted on the sides. € 950

Second edition of an influential and comprehensive work on paleontology by the Swiss zoologist and paleontologist François Jules Pictet de la Rive (1809–1872). “Feeling the want of a hand-book, he prepared his Traité élé-mentaire de paléontologie (4 vols. 1844–1846). In the first edition Pictet, while adopting the hypothesis of successive creations of species, admitted that some may have originated through the modification of pre-existing forms. In his second edition (1853–1857) he enters further into the probable transformation of some species, and discusses the independence of certain faunas, which did not appear to have originated from the types which locally preceded them” (Encyclopaedia Britannica).All volumes with some, mostly marginal, foxing and waterstains, and some occasional pencil underscoring. Bindings of the text volumes only slightly worn along the extremities, corners and top and bottom of the spine of the atlas volume slightly damaged, sided somewhat soiled. Overall in good condition.

BMC NH, p. 1572; Nissen, ZBI 3176a; Ward 1778; Zittel, pp. 366–367.

Manual for miners and geologists15. PUSCH, Georg Gottlieb. Geognostischer Katechismus oder Anweisung zum praktischen Geognosiren für angehende Bergleute und Geognosten.Freiberg, Craz and Gerlach, 1819. 12º. With 1 folding engraved plate, coloured by hand. Contemporary orange decorated paper wrappers. € 500

First and only edition of a rare manual for miners and geologists by the Polish-German geologist Georg Gottlieb Pusch (1790–1846). In 10 chapters, it explains the objectives and methods of the geognost, starting with what geognosy is and why it exists, followed by the 5 “Hauptgebote” for every geognost, necessary equipment, sites for studying rocks and minerals etc. The hand-coloured folding plate at the end shows different minerals can be found, by means of schematic depictions of mountains.With library and deacession stamp on the back of the title-page, the library stamp repeated on the back of the plate. Somewhat foxed throughout, but otherwise in good condition.

Poggendorff II, col. 545; WorldCat (6 copies); not in BMC NH; Ward.

Naturally carbonated Bohemian mineral springs17. R EUSS, Franz Ambrosius. Die Mineralquellen zu Bilin.Vienna, Geislinger (back of title-page: printed by Anton Strauss), 1808. 8º (19.5 × 12.5 cm). With an engraved illustration on title-page and a folding engraved view of Bilin (sometimes bound as frontispiece). Contemporary blue-grey paper wrappers. € 600

First edition of an uncommon work on the mineral springs of Bilin (Bílina) in Bohemia, where Reuss lived and served as physician to Prince Lobkowitz, to whom the present edition is dedicated. It discusses the history and natural history of the springs, their physical form and their medicinal use, and gives information about their mineral content and carbonation. One chapter discusses the springs at Karlsbad and Teplitz. The Bilin springs are famous today both as theraputic baths and as sources of naturally carbonated water, exporting about four million bottles annually. Zittel calls Reuss’s important Lehrbuch der Mineralogie “the most complete and trustworthy textbook founded on Werner’s teaching.”At least in the present copy, the dedication leaf is a cancel. Aside from it and the folding plate, the (laid) paper has a faint green cast. Overall in good condition, wholly untrimed and with the bolts unopened. Paper wrappers slightly worn and discoloured.

Cf. Ward 1865 (Reuss’s 1788 work on the same subject); Zittel, p. 88.

The volcanoes of central France18. SCROPE , George Julius Poulett. The geology and extinct volcanos of central France. ... Second edition, enlarged and improved.London, John Murray, 1858. Large 8º (22 × 14 cm). With 17 lithographed plates printed in brown (including the frontispiece), mostly folding and including one in colour, two folding chromolithographed maps inserted in a pocket at the back paste-down, and many woodengraved illustra-tions in text. Contemporary green half morocco, gold-tooled spine, bound by J. Adams. € 800

Enlarged and revised second edition of an important geological work on volcanoes in France by the English geologist George Julius Poulett Scrope (1797–1876), “the first scientist to devote most of his life to the study of volcanic activity” (Lockwood). Fascinated with volcanoes from his early youth, he extensively studied volcanoes in France, Italy and Germany, and witnessed the eruption of the Vesuvius in 1822. “Scrope put forward the theory that the earth was hot, cooling and alive with geological movements that produced earthquakes, tectonic plate shifting, volcanoes and huge waves” (Hamilton). In the present work he describes the geology and extinct volcanoes of central France, and area known for its unusual geologic formations, like gorges and cone shaped hills, which according to Scrope was caused by “waves” of volcanic activity.Slightly browned, with only a few small spots. Binding rubbed along the extremities, slightly worn around the corners and the upper part of hinges. Overall in very good condition.

J. Hamilton, Volcano: nature and culture, p. 109; J.P. Lockwood, Volcanoes: global perspectives, p. 33; Ward 2016; Zittel, pp. 209ff.

Richly illustrated work on mining and minerals19. SIMONIN, Louis Laurent. La vie souterraine ou les mines et les mineurs.Paris, L. Hachette and company (back of half-title: Imprimerie generale de Ch. Lahure), 1867. Large 8º (26.5 × 16.5 cm). With the title-page printed in red and black, 10 chromolithographed plates depicting minerals, some highlighted with silver (including the frontispiece), 30 (chromo)lithographed maps and 163 wood engraved illustrations in text (36 full-page). Contemporary half sheepskin. € 600

Second edition, in the original French, of a richly illustrated work on mining and minerals by Louis Laurens Simonin (1830–1886), published in the same year as the first edition with the same plates and illustrations. It is divided into three parts: coal mines, metal mines, and mines of gemstones, dealing with mines all over the world but emphasizing those in France. “Simonin also includes sections on mining in America with a map of the sites along Lake Superior and one of California-Nevada” (Schuh). “The best parts are those dealing with coal and metal mines, and with many fascinating, and indeed sometimes horrific illustrations of mining ardors and dangers” (Sinkankas).Only slightly browned with some occasional, mostly marginal, spots or stains. Binding slightly worn along the extremities. Overall in very good condition.

BMC NH, p. 1928 (incomplete); Schuh, Simonin 2; Sinkankas 6060.

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