A depiction of copper ore—°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, NB.190.10

Sir Philip Rashleigh, Mineralogy, and the Cornish Industrial Revolution

William Shire
Issue number
(2023): 19

Specimens of British Minerals was written by the mineralogist and antiquary, Sir Philip Rashleigh. Published in two parts in 1797 and 1802, the °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library copy contains both of these parts bound together to form one volume. Although in a relatively unassuming binding, its author, provenance, and contents are significant both historically and bibliographically.

 

°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, NB.190.10

 

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