Lot 343
Mineralogy.- Cornwall.- Pryce (William) Mineralogia Cornubiensis; a Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining..., , first edition, engraved portrait and 7 plates, for the Author, by James Phillips, 1778.
Hammer Price: £1,000
Description
Mineralogy.- Cornwall.- Pryce (William) Mineralogia Cornubiensis; a Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Basire after Clifford, list of subscribers, 7 engraved plates and plans, 3 folding, 2 folding letterpress tables, portrait lightly offset on title, otherwise an excellent clean copy, bookplate of Robert Verney, contemporary sprinked calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old spine, [Duveen p.488; Wellcome IV 445], folio, for the Author, by James Phillips..., 1778.
Description
Mineralogy.- Cornwall.- Pryce (William) Mineralogia Cornubiensis; a Treatise on Minerals, Mines, and Mining..., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Basire after Clifford, list of subscribers, 7 engraved plates and plans, 3 folding, 2 folding letterpress tables, portrait lightly offset on title, otherwise an excellent clean copy, bookplate of Robert Verney, contemporary sprinked calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old spine, [Duveen p.488; Wellcome IV 445], folio, for the Author, by James Phillips..., 1778.
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