Arsenik: Seine Geschichte in Osterreich

1959. Allesch, Richard M. Arsenik: Seine Geschichte in Osterreich. Klagenfurt, [Aust.]: Kleinmayr, 1959. 302 pp. Maps. Cloth very good in moderately worn and soiled dust jacket. Internally clean. A very good copy. $25. * A historical study of the substance arsenic within the context of Austria. Part of a series called Archiv fur vaterlandische Geschichte und Topographie (Archive for Patriotic History and Topography), specifically Volume 54, it is a scholarly work that covers the history of arsenic, including: ts uses and occurrences in Austria along with the historical, legal, and social implications of arsenic in the region. It includes maps to illustrate the historical context.