[Nobel oil industry] - Tovarishestvo neftjanogo proizvodstva Br. Nobel' (Nobel Brothers Oil Production Cooperative). Opisanie neftjanyh' produktov' tovarishestva i sposoby ih' primenenija [= Description of the Cooperative's oil products and methods of their application].

St Petersburg, A. Benke, 1910.

8vo. 50, (5) pp. With 4 mounted colour plates and several illustrations to text. Publisher's original decorated wrappers.

 750,00

Extremely rare booklet describing and illustrating the range of products and services offered by Branobel, the Swedish Nobel brothers' oil empire that was based in Baku (Azerbaijan, Imperial Russia) and was the largest oil company in Europe. Between 1877 and 1910 the company drilled over 500 wells, produced 150 million barrels of oil, and employed 12,000 workers.

Binding slightly worn, but in all a well-preserved, uncommon survival.

Literatur

Not in OCLC.

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