98 - Geology - Hermann, Leonhard David. *Maslographia, or Description of the Silesian Massel* ... with its sights, comprising various antiquities of both pagan and Christian origin ... and partly consisting of natural specimens found in and around Massel in the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms. With 15 (including an engraved frontispiece) of 19 copper plates (4 with “Continuationes”). Brieg, printed for Brachvogel in Breslau, 1711. 1 folio, 7 pp., 13 folios, 172 pp., 1 folio, pp. 173–329 (recte 328), 3 leaves. 20 x 15.5 cm. Contemporary leather binding (heavily rubbed and bumped, spine with large losses, joints split).

Geology - Hermann, Leonhard David. *Maslographia, or Description of the Silesian Massel* ... with its sights, comprising various antiquities of both pagan and Christian origin ... and partly consisting of natural specimens found in and around Massel in the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms. With 15 (including an engraved frontispiece) of 19 copper plates (4 with “Continuationes”). Brieg, printed for Brachvogel in Breslau, 1711. 1 folio, 7 pp., 13 folios, 172 pp., 1 folio, pp. 173–329 (recte 328), 3 leaves. 20 x 15.5 cm. Contemporary leather binding (heavily rubbed and bumped, spine with large losses, joints split). First edition of the thorough archaeological and natural history description of Lower Silesia, with precise plates of prehistoric finds, numerous fossils, as well as some crystals and plants. - Slightly browned; a few leaves with a browning water stain in the lower outer corner; approximately the second half with a narrow, light-colored water mark at the top; Plate 6 with the appendix sheet loose, the book block broken there. *