SYBERIA. Mining and exploration work on graphite mining in Siberia in 8 sections. Wood. color. pasted on stiff paper, 388x300mm, st. bdb .MINE ET TRAVAUX D'EXPLOITATION DU GRAPHITE DE SIBERIE.
The mine operator was French merchant Jean-Pierre Alibert (1820-1905), who discovered the graphite deposit west of Irkutsk. From 1856, he worked with Faber-Castell, a German manufacturer of crayons and mechanical pencils still active today.
