Philip Rashleigh (1729-1811) Specimens of British Minerals. 1797-1802 RASHLEIGH, Philip (1729-1811). Specimens of British Minerals Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh. London: W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol and J. White 1797-1802. One of the most attractive books on minerals. Philip Rashleigh was head of the Cornish branch of the family and served as the M.P. for the local family constituency of Fowey from 1765 until 1802. His main residence was Menabilly, situated between Fowey and St.Austell. The latter was an important centre for China clay mining and Rashleigh was ideally placed to pursue his interest in geology, forming one of the most distinguished early collections of minerals. Of particular note are his unsurpassed examples of Cornish minerals, which are meticulously detailed in the present work, and which secured his election as F.S.A. and F.R.S. in 1788. Many of Rashleigh's specimens were used by the Sowerby family in their publications. The collection is now in the Natural History Museum in London. BM(NH) IV, p.1646; Ward & Carozzi 1833. 2 parts in one volume, quarto (290 x 229mm). 54 engraved plates, most with aquatint, 51 hand-coloured, by Medland and others, after J.R. Underwood and others (occasional light scattered spotting and soiling). Contemporary calf (sometime refurbished with neat repairs, some light rubbing to covers and extremities).
Philip Rashleigh (1729-1811) Specimens of British Minerals. 1797-1802 RASHLEIGH, Philip (1729-1811). Specimens of British Minerals Selected from the Cabinet of Philip Rashleigh. London: W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol and J. White 1797-1802. One of the most attractive books on minerals. Philip Rashleigh was head of the Cornish branch of the family and served as the M.P. for the local family constituency of Fowey from 1765 until 1802. His main residence was Menabilly, situated between Fowey and St.Austell. The latter was an important centre for China clay mining and Rashleigh was ideally placed to pursue his interest in geology, forming one of the most distinguished early collections of minerals. Of particular note are his unsurpassed examples of Cornish minerals, which are meticulously detailed in the present work, and which secured his election as F.S.A. and F.R.S. in 1788. Many of Rashleigh's specimens were used by the Sowerby family in their publications. The collection is now in the Natural History Museum in London. BM(NH) IV, p.1646; Ward & Carozzi 1833. 2 parts in one volume, quarto (290 x 229mm). 54 engraved plates, most with aquatint, 51 hand-coloured, by Medland and others, after J.R. Underwood and others (occasional light scattered spotting and soiling). Contemporary calf (sometime refurbished with neat repairs, some light rubbing to covers and extremities).
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