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    By Richard Cowling Taylor
    Philadelphia   J. W. Moore
    8.5" by 5.5" [7], viii-cxlviii, 754pp
    A scarce first edition of this incredibly detailed work on the mining industry in the mid nineteenth century, illustrated throughout with colour folding plates.
    By Richard Cowling Taylor

    1848 Statistics of Coal the Geographical and Geological Distribution of Mineral Combustibles or Fossil Fuel, Including, Also, Notices and Localities of the Various Mineral Bituminous Substances, Employed in Arts and Manufactures, Illustrated By Maps and Diagrams; Embracing, From Official Reports of the Great Coal-Producing Countries, the Respective Amounts of Their Production, Consumption and Commercial Distribution, in All Parts of the World; Together With Their Prices, Tariffs, Duties, and International Regulations. Accompanied By Nearly Four Hundred Statistical Tables, and Eleven Hundred Analyses of Mineral Combustibles, With Incidental Statements of the Statistics of Iron Manufactures, Derived From Authentic Authorities

    Philadelphia   J. W. Moore
    8.5" by 5.5" [7], viii-cxlviii, 754pp
    A scarce first edition of this incredibly detailed work on the mining industry in the mid nineteenth century, illustrated throughout with colour folding plates.
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    First Edition, Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Scarce

    The first edition of this work. A scarce work. An engrossingly in-depth work looking into the statistics of the coal industry in England and across the world in the mid nineteenth century. Illustrated with one colour folding map, five colour folding plates, and many in-text illustrations. Written by Richard Cowling Taylor, an English surveyor and geologist. Library label to the front pastedown, 'Norfolk & Norwich Library'.

    Condition

    In a half cloth binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Minor rubbing to the boards. A small amount of bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some spots, and tidemarks to the some pages. Folding plate facing page 144 is torn, with about a quarter of it detached but present.

    Very Good

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