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CLOUGH, Robert T.
A Treatise on the Exploitation of Mines.

ANTOINE GRIMOALD MONNET - A forgotten French chemist and metallurgist 1734-1817.

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pp. 443, (i). Frontispiece, 24 plates, facsimile of a letter. Dust wrapper, fine copy in the original mailing box.

*LIMITED EDITION of 400 copies, signed by the author. Comprises an historical introduction to Monnet, facsimiles of the Preface to his work, plus the 24 engraved plates, plus a facsimile of a letter from Monnet to his friend Verner. It is based upon Monnet's translation of - KERN, Johann Gottlieb, Bericht vom Bergbau, 1772, from whose work 18 of the 24 plates were copied.

For the Author. Leeds.

Date Published: 1973. Sm. 4to.

Stock No. 56658

Price: £85.00

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