SIMONIN, Louis Laurent. Mines and Miners; or, Underground Life, translated by H. W. Bristow, London: William Mackenzie, [1868], 4to, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 14 coloured maps, 48 plates, including 16 coloured or chromolithographed (occasional spotting), contemporary roan-backed decorated boards (spine rubbed), t.e.g. signature of A. H. Maurice on front blank. [Sinkankas 6062: "emphasizing French coal mines but treating mines all over the world for many kinds of minerals and mineral materials, including gemstones and ornamental stones"]