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The mine, or, Sketches of the mines of different countries, the modes of working them, and their various productions
Title:
The mine, or, Sketches of the mines of different countries, the modes of working them, and their various productions
Author:
Taylor, Isaac, 1759-1829.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo, 1854.

©1834
Physical Description:
280 pages : illustrations ; 15 x 13 cm.
General Note:
Series number from publisher's advertisement on frontispiece recto.

Factual material on mining and minerals in a fictional framework.

"Adapted to the reading of American youth."
Language:
English
Local Note:
Rare Book Room 1854 edition : The volume is bound in light green cloth over boards, with elaborate borders blindstamped on both covers, and with the half-title and an elaborate design stamped in gilt on the spine. The front flyleaf bears the manuscript ownership note, "The Property of Mr. Willie Smith, Purchased [illegible] Aug. 13th 1864."
Format :
Book