Ledermüller, Martin Frobenius | First edition of Ledermüller’s rare work on asbestos and its microscopic examination

Ledermüller, Martin Frobenius 

Physicalisch-mikroskopische Abhandlung vom Asbest, Amiant, Stein- oder Erdflachs, und einiger anderer mit demselben verwandter Fossilien. Nuremberg: Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, 1775

4to (246 x 192 mm). 6 hand-colored engraved plates, manuscript shelfmarks to front pastedown; faint dampstaining to endleaves, one or two stray spots, not affecting plates. Contemporary boards, edges speckled red; boards lightly soiled, corners rubbed with slight loss. Modern marbled slipcase.

First edition of Ledermüller’s rare work on asbestos and its microscopic examination. 

REFERENCES

Poggendorf 1403

PROVENANCE

Joseph A. Freilich (booklabel; Sotheby’s New York, 10 January 2001, lot 34)