Science and nature Beautiful antique mineral painting books

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Science and Nature
/ Beautiful prints such as hand-colored copperplate prints and multi-colored lithograph prints, which are becoming increasingly popular in recent years. This book is a carefully selected collection of masterpieces of mineral paintings by Yamada Hideharu who is an agate collector and the author of 『 Mysterious and Beautiful Stone Picture Book 』, mainly from the enormous illustration plates of encyclopedia and picture books published from the middle of 19th century to the beginning of 20th century. It is a retro and antique world where you can enjoy the delicate texture of ores and jewels which is not in the picture. It is a permanent preservation edition that also contains mineral paintings of "Insel Library" printed in Leipzig.