FERBER, JOHANN JAKOB. - MINERALOGY OF ITALY.

Briefe aus Wälschland über natürliche Merkwürdigkeiten dieses Landes and den Herausgeber derselben Ignatz Edlen von Born.

Prag, Wolfgang Gerle, 1773. 8vo. Contemp.haclf. Spine richly gilt, titlelabel withgilt lettering. Marbled covers. A small paperlabel pasted on frontboard with an old librarynumber. Large engraved titlevignet showing an eruption of Vesuv. (8),407,(1) pp. Small stamp to titlepage. Internally clean and fine.

Scarce first edition of Ferber's importent geological and mineralogical letters from his travels in Italy in 1771-72. Most of his works, and also this, contains importent observations on mineralogy, metallurgy and geology of the places visited in Italy.
"His descriptions of the environment of Neapel and specially the eruptive products of Vesuv belongs to the most prominent scientific descriptions of his time."(Transl. from Zittel p. 61.).

Order-nr.: 44567