MONNET, (Antoine Grimoald, 1734-1817) Traité de l'exploitation des mines, ou l'on décrit les situations des Mines, l'art... de former les puits & les galeries, de procurer de l'air aux souterrains, d'en vuider les eaux... traduit de l'Allemand. - Paris, Didot l'aîné, 1773
4to. Contemp. tree calf neatly rebacked. With 24 folding plates finely engr. by Boutrois showing machinery and mining techniques. XX, 348 pp.; two old owner's stamps on title; a good copy.
First edition. Monnet was Inspector General of Mines in France; «his employment took (him) to Alsace and the German states to study mining and metallurgy, and after 1772 his principal duty was to inspect and to suggest improvements in French mining industry...» (DSB IX, 478). According to the Preface, in this work one can see fully the 18th century scientific approach to the subject of mining. Not in the Hoover Collection. Roller & G. II, 206. Added is a copy of: Clough, Robert T. A Treatise on the Exploitation of Mines. Antoine Grimoald Monnet. A forgotten French chemist and metallurgist 1734-1817. Leeds, 1974 [Signed limited edition (No.59 of 400 copies)] Small 4to. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper, with 24 plates, 43 pp.
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