Eiselen, Johann Christoph. Manual or detailed theoretical-practical guide to the near knowledge of peating and preparation of peat bogs, the most usable plant and operation of individual peat burial trees. Two volumes. I; 2 Bl., X pp., 1 Bl. Improvements, 444 p. II; 1 Bl., XIII pp., 350 pp. (pp. 321, 323 and 325 as folded tables). With 11 multi-folded stitched plates (2 of C. L. Barensprung and 1 of P. H. by Eiselen) and 1 folded table in Vol. I. 19 x 11,5 cm. Cardboard tapes d. Zt. (eat corners, back discoloured, lid slightly water stained) with handwritten RSchild. Berlin, W. Vieweg, 1802 and 1811. Goldsmiths' Cress 18443.4 (only Vol. 1) Güntz II, 261 (only Vol. 1) Engelmann: Bibl. oec. 70. Kat. The real use (Berlin 2001) V, 11, a (with full-page illustrations). – Vol. I as "second, very completed edition". Vol. II in first edition and with separate title: "Teaching about the means and harnesses, to the most economical, under all circumstances permissible transport of the peat from the bogs to the fixed way...". The most comprehensive work on peat dating from the first half of the 19th century. ==References====External links==* Official website I has been increased by 7 sheets, 1 copper and a detailed register. Vol. I on bog species, the necessary equipment and workers, the peat pit, the drying of the peat, the production of pressing and painting peat, and the use of peat in general and for Prussia in particular, as well as on the arrangement by the cultivation of buckwheat. The panels with floor plans of the peat fields, with depictions of tools, hollow piles and floor and cracks of a peat magazine. Of great interest are in Bd. II, in particular, Abt. 3 and 4 over rail (horse) carriages for peat transport (p. 91-285 and Taf. 3 and 4 with illustrations of two wagons and the rail system including a turntable). The Prussian Councillor Eiselen (1752-1816) "has gained many merits for the extraction of peat and its use for technical purposes. His related writings were widely recognized as instructive and valuable instructions. For a long time they formed the best suffering achievements in this field." (ADB V, S, 763). Some panels with slight marginal damage. Title with old hard-to-read Bible stamp and note (authority or office in Immenstadt). 1 intent with small entry with ballpoint pen.