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1333 - DUHAMEL, Jean Pierre François Gillot. Elementary, Theoretical, and Practical Underground Geometry. In which we discuss mineral veins and their distribution within the earth; trigonometry applied to the identification of veins, the management of mining operations, and the preparation of their plans and profiles, Paris (Royal Printing Office) 1787. In-4°, contemporary calfskin, gilt spine (wear, top hinge broken), marbled endpapers, pp. xxiii + [i, errata] + 294 + [i] + 183 [tables] with 14 fold-out plates. Title page burnished, a few stains and traces of moisture.
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DUHAMEL, Jean Pierre François Gillot. Elementary, Theoretical, and Practical Underground Geometry. In which we discuss mineral veins and their distribution within the earth; trigonometry applied to the identification of veins, the management of mining operations, and the preparation of their plans and profiles, Paris (Royal Printing Office) 1787. In-4°, contemporary calfskin, gilt spine (wear, top hinge broken), marbled endpapers, pp. xxiii + [i, errata] + 294 + [i] + 183 [tables] with 14 fold-out plates. Title page burnished, a few stains and traces of moisture. Provenance Namely, an enigmatic bookplate! The only published volume of a work that Cuvier hailed as “today the manual for all those who practice the art of mining in France.” Duhamel (1730–1816) was Inspector General of Mines, professor of metallurgy, and a member of the Academy of Sciences. Sotheran, 2nd Supplement, vol. VII, p. 863; Poggendorff, vol. I, pp. 616–17. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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