BERGBAUKUNDE.

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[Edited by Ignaz von Born & Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Trebra]. Two fine & large mezzotint vignettes on titles, 13 folding engraved plates & maps, three folding printed tables, & one engraving in the text. 4 p.l., 408, [12] pp.; 2 p.l., 468, [4] pp. Two vols. Large 4to, cont. marbled half-sheep & marbled boards (one spine with two minor defects), flat spines gilt, spines nicely gilt, contrasting lettering pieces on spines. Leipzig: G.J. Goeschen, 1789-90. First edition and very scarce; this is a complete copy with thirteen plates. Born and Trebra were the founders in 1786 at Szkleno in Hungary of the Societät der Bergbaukunde, which had the purpose of increasing the knowledge in the areas of geology, mining, mineralogy, and metallurgy. It was a very international scientific society and other early members included Lavoisier, Dietrich, Gmelin, Charpentier, Ferber, Poda, Boulton, Watt, Kirwan, Withering, Hawkins, and Goethe as well as members in the United States, Colombia, Mexico, and Russia. Their meeting in the autumn of 1786 very likely constitutes the first international scientific conference ever staged. This is the first and only publication of the Society; “hierin findet sich alles Wissenswerthe des Bergfachs nach dem damaligen Stande der Wissenschaft und Erfahrung vortrefflich und eingehend erörtert.”–A.D.B., Vol. 38, p. 551. The first 34 pages of Vol. I print the plans and by-laws of the society. The remainder of the two volumes contain numerous contributions concerning various mining activities in Germany, Hungary, France, England, Mexico, etc. Each title-page vignette is an extremely attractive mezzotint and the plates depict geological cross-sections, maps of mining areas, machinery, etc. Fine set of this attractive book. ❧ D.S.B., II, pp. 315-16 & XIII, pp. 455-56. Mikulas Teich, “Born’s Amalgamation Process and the International Metallurgic Gathering at Skleno in 1786” in Annals of Science, 32 (1975), pp. 305-40.

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