[SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY]. [JOHANN GOTTLIEB KERN]. Bericht Vom Bergbau. Leipzig: Siegfried Leberecht Crusius, 1772. 4to. Second Edition. [16],1-312 pages. Engraved title, engraved headpiece, and 18 folding, engraved plates. Early leather back & corners, paper boards. Spine gone, board edges worn, lengthy ms. notes on blank facing title leaf, faint old dampstain to lower edges starting at last page of text and to lower edge of all plates.
Estimate $600-900
PROVENANCE: Estate of Ambassador and Mrs. William H.G. FitzGerald, Washington, DC, by descent from Ignaz Petschek and Nikodem Caro, Austro-Hungarian Empire.
