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PRYCE, WILLIAM. Mineralogia Conubiensis; a Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining. London: for the author by James Phillips, B. White and J. Robson 1778.
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PRYCE, WILLIAM. Mineralogia Conubiensis; a Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining. London: for the author by James Phillips, B. White and J. Robson 1778.
Folio, 365 x 223mm. (14 3/8 x 8 7/8in.), contemporary half calf and marbled boards, worn, joints cracked, portrait slightly dampstained, some staining at front, plate 7 with small tear.
FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by James Basire after Clifford, 7 engraved plates, three of them folding, 2 folding tables.
Duveen p. 488; Sotheran I-3845.
Folio, 365 x 223mm. (14 3/8 x 8 7/8in.), contemporary half calf and marbled boards, worn, joints cracked, portrait slightly dampstained, some staining at front, plate 7 with small tear.
FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by James Basire after Clifford, 7 engraved plates, three of them folding, 2 folding tables.
Duveen p. 488; Sotheran I-3845.