Edler Lichtenfels (3 results)

1. Auflage. 4°, Leder der Zeit mit fünf Bünden, goldgeprägtem Rücken und Rund-um-Farbschnitt (Hardcover), XX + 464 S. + 34 S. Registeranhang, 1 Titelkupfer, 1 gefaltete Karte, Kupfervignetten Lieferung mit Deutscher Post und DHL in PLASTIKFREIER VERPACKUNG, Kanten minimal beschabt, Name auf Vorsatz, Deckel leicht aufgebogen, sonst gutes Exemplar. …

"The Natural and Political History of Bohemian and Moravian Mines"; both parts of the first edition of a seminal work by Johann Thaddäus Anton Peithner, Edler von Lichtenfels (1727-1792), a renowned geologist and scientist. The author focuses not only on mines and their geology and history but also on Czech and Moravian rivers. Ancient statutes of Bohemian kings are also included, some of them in Latin (the rest of book is written in German). The book contains a fold-out map of the Iglau and Deutschbrod region (with an etching), an engraved title page and 15 large original etchings/vignettes (scenes from miners' life, portraits of kings and aristocrats, coins, coats of arms etc.), made by Jacob (Jakob) Adam (1748-1811) or Johann Ernst Mansfeld (1739-1796). /// Half-parchment binding with parchment corners, raised bands and gilt title; hardback, XX, 464, [34] pp., 1 map, 2° (24.5 x 37.5 cm); cover slightly worn, coated with a thin layer of glue, backstrip slightly cracked; new bookplate on front endpaper, another new bookplate on back endpaper; several pages with traces of dust; pages only slightly yellowed; deckle edges; condition: very good Book Language/s: German, Latin.…

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.…