(Born: Cönnern near Halle, Germany, 13 January 1830; Died: ) German gentleman.

Educated with a Ph.D., Söchtig was a man of independent means. His interest in life was mineralogy to which he contributed a number of papers on inclusions and pseudomorphs.

Biographical references: DBA: II 1232, 190-192. • Poggendorff: 2, col. 953 & 3, 1263. • WBI.

Die Einschlüsse von Mineralien in krystallisirten Mineralien. ... (Haarlem, 1854).
See under: Blum, Johann Reinhard.

1. German, 1860.
Die | Einschlüsse Von Mineralien | In | Krystallisirten Mineralien, | Nebst Betrachtungen | Über Die | Entstehung Von Mineralien Und Gebirgsarten. | Von | D^r. E. Söchting. | [tapered rule] | Freiberg. | Buchhandlung J.G. Engelhardt. | (Bernhard Thierbach.) | 1860.

8°: π³ 1-22⁸ 23⁸; 182l.; [i]-vi, [1]-357, [1] p. Page size: 210 x 134 mm.

Contents: [i-ii], Half title page, "D^r. E. Söchting. | Die Einschlüsse von Mineralien. | [rule].," von blank.; [iii-iv], Title page, verso blank.; [v]-vi, "Vorwort."; [1]-357, Text.; [1 pg], "Leipzig. | Druck von A.Th. Engelhardt."

Very scarce. Mineral inclusions.

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