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Boischaut SAS

522 - Jean-François-Clément Morand - The Art of Mining Coal. First edition, two large folio volumes. These two volumes are part of the first edition published between 1768 and 1779 in the series *Descriptions des arts et métiers*, under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris. This treatise by Morand (1726–1784), a physician and member of the Academy, documents coal deposits and mining techniques at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Titles dated 1768 (Part One) and 1776 (Part Two, Section Four). Engraved plates, all present in both volumes. Pages clean. Very worn marbled leather bindings, ornately ribbed spines, red edges. Dimensions: 42.7 x 28.5 cm per volume

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€500 - 600

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Jean-François-Clément Morand - The Art of Mining Coal. First edition, two large folio volumes. These two volumes are part of the first edition published between 1768 and 1779 in the series *Descriptions des arts et métiers*, under the auspices of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris. This treatise by Morand (1726–1784), a physician and member of the Academy, documents coal deposits and mining techniques at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Titles dated 1768 (Part One) and 1776 (Part Two, Section Four). Engraved plates, all present in both volumes. Pages clean. Very worn marbled leather bindings, ornately ribbed spines, red edges. Dimensions: 42.7 x 28.5 cm per volume

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Memories of a castle in the Périgord and the singer from Mexico's house in Le Vésinet
Saturday, December 5
10:00 AM
30, rue Delambre
75014 Paris, France

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Boischaut SAS +33 1 61 08 61 00 ventesauxencheres@boischaut.fr
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 10,000 lots published

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