Author: Kappeler, M. A.
Title: Pilati montis historia. Naturgeschichte des Pilatusberges. Deutsche Übersetzung des 1767 erschiedenen Werkes.
Description: Luzern, Eugen Haag, 1960. 8vo. 255 pp., seven folded maps. Original grey cloth with gilt vignette on front board and red gilted label on the spine. Pictorial dustjacket. = One of the first mineralogical and geological descriptions of a single mountain. Originally published in Latin and here in the German translation with an introduction by F. Roesli and several annotations and comments by other scholars. With a signed, hand-written dedication by Roesli to the Swiss geologist Eugène Wegmann (1896-1982). A rare publication, in particular with the dust jacket still present. Edges of dustjacket with small chips and a small part taped, otherwise in excellent condition.

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