MONNET, ANTOINE GRIMOALD. Traité de l'Exploitation des Mines. 24 engraved plates. xx, 348 pages. 4to, 251x191 mm, contemporary mottled sheep, worn overall, spine ends damaged, joints partly cracked; contents toned with scattered foxing and minor stains. Contemporary signature of William Tatham, conceivably the engineer (1752-1819, see DAB); ownership inscription of James Brown, Jr. ("purchased at the sale of his [i. e., Tatham's] effects . . . July 1819"); bookplate of Virginia Mechanics Institute (Brown gift, 1859). Paris: Didot l'aîné, 1773