minerals

Musæum Septalianum : Manfredi Septalæ ... Industrioso Labore Constructum

Catalog of the holdings of the Museo Settala in Milan. The museum collection comprises natural history, archaeological and mineralogical items. The volume is illustrated with an extraordinary folded copperplate engraving. An owner of the book, who was interested in magnets, made a note on the first free endsheet referring to pages that describe magnets in the volume.
 

Die Versteinerungen des Steinkohlengebirges von Wettin und Lobejun im Sallkreise

This book by Germar (1786-1853), a professor of mineralogy at the University of Halle and the director of its mineralogical cabinet/museum, focuses on fossils discovered in Saxony, constituting some of the earliest fossil material described in Europe. It is of considerable importance to paleobiology, as the plant and animal taxa described in it are the basis of species, genus, and family names in modern paleoentomology and paleobotany.

Handwörterbuch der Mineralogie und Geognosie

Raised in one of the most important mining districts in Germany, Carl Hartmann (1796-1863) served as Commissioner of Mines in Brunswick through the 1820s and 1830s, and published more than 100 works on the subjects of mineralogy and mining. His books are important for their comprehensiveness and detailed technical knowledge and served to disseminate the latest information and technological advances to European audiences.