Obstoiatel’noe nastavlenie rudnomu dielu, sostoiashchee iz chetyrekh chastei, v kotorykh opisany rudokopnyia miesta, zhily i sposoby dlia priisku onykh, takozh uchrezhdenie novykh rudnikov, potrebnyia k rudnomu proizvedeniiu mashiny, i razobranie, to

by SHLATTER, Ivan Andreevich (1708-1768)

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Book desription: [St. Petersburg]: Pechatano pri Imperatorskoi Akademii nauk [i.e. printed by permission of the Imperial Academy of Science], 1760. Folio. (15 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches). Printed in cyrillic script throughout. 38 folding engraved plates, 5 engraved headpieces. Contemporary paper-covered boards, rebacked and retipped with calf, the spine in six compartments with semi-raised bands, original red morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment retained from the original binding. Modern red morocco backed folding box. First edition of an important early illustrated guide to mining in Russia Shlatter was an important figure within a number of intersecting spheres of Russian society during the middle of the 18th century: he worked as a scientist at the chemical laboratory of the Mining Collegium, serving as its Director from 1760; previously he was a director of the Imperial Mint; and he also served as an advisor to Catherine the Great. The present work, dedicated to Petr Ivanovich Shuvalov, is divided into four sections dealing with different aspects of the subject, but together offering, as the title claims, a complete guide to the mining business. The lovely engraved plates provide fascinating depictions of 18th century mining equipment, processes and sites.

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