159 - Mineralogy - Gläser, Friedrich Gottlob. An Attempt at a Mineralogical Description of the Princely County of Henneberg (Saxon Portion), Together with a Brief History of Its Past and Present Mining Operations. With an engraved title vignette and 1 copperplate map, folded several times, showing the geological formations in color (50.5 x 69.5 cm). Leipzig, Crusius, 1775. 3 leaves, 106 pp., 1 leaf, 24.5 x 20 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding (scuffed and bumped, spine with missing cloth, loose endpapers removed).

Mineralogy - Gläser, Friedrich Gottlob. An Attempt at a Mineralogical Description of the Princely County of Henneberg (Saxon Portion), Together with a Brief History of Its Past and Present Mining Operations. With an engraved title vignette and 1 copperplate map, folded several times, showing the geological formations in color (50.5 x 69.5 cm). Leipzig, Crusius, 1775. 3 leaves, 106 pp., 1 leaf, 24.5 x 20 cm. Contemporary paperboard binding (scuffed and bumped, spine with missing cloth, loose endpapers removed). First edition, rare. - Zittel 75 - Not listed in Schuh. - Description of rock and mineral deposits in the southern Thuringian Forest. The large fold-out map of the administrative districts of Schleusingen, Suhl, Kühndorf, and Bennshausen is one of the first to distinguish between granite, sandstone, and limestone using multicolored formation shading. Also marked are mills, mining and smelting works, rifle factories, and salt and coal deposits. - The map (on heavy paper) is slightly browned and stained; the title page is pasted on, with an old ownership notation and a large, smudged stamp cancellation; the text is clean and has wide margins. *