Mining.- Geology.- Ramirez (Santiago) Litología. Introducción al estudio de las rocas, small wood-engraved vignette of a miner to title, 3 errata ff. at end, author's name on title underlined in red, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary red calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, spine with remains of paper label at foot, little faded, and stained, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Mexico City, Filomeno Mata, 1886.

⁂ Rare work by one of the pre-eminent Mexican mining engineers of his time. He edited the periodical El Explorador Minero, which provided accounts of mining life in the country. Our work includes a list of authors consulted.