A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE BLOUNT, SHELBY, AND TALLADEGA SPRINGS; ALSO A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE COALFIELDS, IRON ORES MARBLES, &c. OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. [caption title]
1838 · [Tuscaloosa
by BRUMBY, R.T.
[Tuscaloosa: Joel White, printer (?), 1838. First separate edition. 12mo. 16 pp. The author, Professor of Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology at the University of Alabama, was asked to analyze the waters of Blount Springs by the proprietor, Thomas Williams, who requested that he publish his findings in an edition of 2,000 copies, "in such a manner as would be most generally read." Brumby was also asked to produce a study of the general geology of the state for inclusion in Professor Frederick Barnard's almanac. According to the author's note to the reader on the introductory page, in an attempt to satisfy the requests of both men, the text for this pamphlet was published by Barnard in his almanac (Bernard's Alabama State Almanac for 1839 was printed by Joel White in 1838): "After the printer had struck off the required number of copies for the almanac, two thousand copies were published separately, for the use of Col. Williams." Ellison 353 (without actually citing a copy, giving author and title only, the information taken from an 1839 Cahawba newspaper). Not in Owen, Sabin, Howes, or Streeter. OCLC locates two copies of this separately printed pamphlet (Alabama, Emory). Fine untrimmed copy in an attractive 20th-century binding. Recent antique-style half-calf and marbled boards, red leather spine label, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London, England. (8980). (Inventory #: 60970)