Naturally occurring solid aggregate of one or more minerals or mineraloids

Lourdes and Gave-de-Pau, Hautes Pyrénées, France: peasants fishing with the castle in the background. Lithograph, 1821, after M. Colston.

Harbour view of St. Vincent's rock taken from the hot wells, Bristol. Line engraving, 1776.

Waterscape view of the Hot wells, Bristol. Line engraving by Neele & Son.

Men resting their camels and smoking by the approach to Mount Sinai. Coloured lithograph by L. Haghe after D. Roberts, 1839.

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Ancient rock-cut watch-tower overlooking the valleys of El Ghor and Akabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Japanese huts and trees on two outcrops of rock either side of a channel of water. Watercolour.

Vignette title to part one of Oriental Scenery. Aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.

In front of a grand palace, Moses draws water from a rock. Etching by J. Le Pautre.

Moses draws water from the rock, and the Israelites quench their thirst. Etching by J. Le Pautre.

Moses strikes a rock and water pours forth in abundance. Etching after F. Sigrist.

Geography: a table rock. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

viii, 342 pages, 45 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm (8vo)

[Theophrastou peri tōn lithōn biblion] = Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and notes ... Also, Observations on the new Swedish acid, and of the stone from which it is obtained; and with an idea of a natural and artificial method of fossils / By John Hill.

1 print : lithograph ; border 26.2 x 40.1 cm

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

1 print : line-etching and aquatint printed in sepia ; platemark 49 x 65.6 cm.

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; 20 x 25 cm

1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour and gum arabic.

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[Theophrastou peri tōn lithōn biblion] = Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and notes ... Also, Observations on the new Swedish acid, and of the stone from which it is obtained; and with an idea of a natural and artificial method of fossils / By John Hill.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

Vignette title to part one of Oriental Scenery. Aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Ancient rock-cut watch-tower overlooking the valleys of El Ghor and Akabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

Rocks

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[Theophrastou peri tōn lithōn biblion] = Theophrastus's history of stones. With an English version, and notes ... Also, Observations on the new Swedish acid, and of the stone from which it is obtained; and with an idea of a natural and artificial method of fossils / By John Hill.

Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées: pilgrims gathered at the cave of Massabielle. Lithograph.

Vignette title to part one of Oriental Scenery. Aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1795.

Hong Kong: distillery and china sugar refinery at East Point, c. 1871. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Ancient rock-cut watch-tower overlooking the valleys of El Ghor and Akabah. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.

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