Author: SIMONIN, L.
Title: La vie souterraine ou les mines et les mineurs
Description: Paris: Hachette, 1867 (1st ed.); 4to (27cm), frontispiece, iv+604pp., 10 chromolithographies, 40 coloured maps, 160 woodcuts, half leather hardback w. gilt lettering and decorations on spine. Spine loose at front cover joint, light foxing throughout the text. Good copy, in particular for study purposes. ¶ Richly illustrated work on European and American mining industry. Text in French. Needs light restauration of spine; now covered in clear cellophane.

Keywords: 19th century mijnbouw