£350
(Presentation Copy) Robert Were Fox Observations on Mineral Veins MS 'from the author' to the title page, first edition, rebound in a full calf, pp.65, three plates as issued to the rear (IV, V and VI), errata, some toning to edges of plates otherwise vg to fine, printed by J.Trathan, Market Strand, Falmouth, 1837. A rare work on the geology of various minerals found in Cornwall in the late 18th Century and early 19th Century. Robert Were Fox was born in Falmouth in 1789, becoming one of the foremost geologists of the period, he lived at Penjerrick and wrote many papers.
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