An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy: Including Some Account of Mineral Elements and Constituents; Explanations of Terms in Common Use; Brief Accounts of Minerals, and of the Places and Circumstances in which they are Found: Designed for the Use of the Student
Published by London: Printed and sold by William Phillips, 1816
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Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United KingdomBow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
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First edition. 8vo. (x), liv, (viii), (ii), 325, (13), (2) pp. Nineteenth century brown half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered red label to one panel and lettered direct to another, armorial bookplate of Francis Beresford Wright ("Ad Rem") to the front pastedown with his signature to the title page, above this an earlier signature - "Thos. S. Boys", the date of which is partially cropped but appears to read "1817". Very good. Wright was the second son of the John Wright, who made his fortune as a partner of the Butterley Company. On his elder brother's early demise he took on the reins of the company and maintained its considerable growth. The firm became an industrial giant in the East Midlands, being one of the largest coal and iron producers in the region. It was under Francis' auspices that the model village of Ironville in Nottinghamshire was founded to house company workers.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy: Including Some Account of Mineral Elements and Constituents; Explanations of Terms in Common Use; Brief Accounts of Minerals, and of the Places and Circumstances in which they are Found: Designed for the Use of the Student
- Author
- PHILLIPS, William
- Publisher
- London: Printed and sold by William Phillips
- Publication year
- 1816
- Seller catalogs
- Natural History
Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
Lewes, United Kingdom
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Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association…
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Literature, Topography & Travel, Maps & Atlases, Geology, Fine Bindings & Fore Edge Paintings, General Antiquarian, Science, Natural History, Sussex, BloomsburyAssociation member
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Bow Windows Bookshop Ltd.
175 High Street
Lewes, United Kingdom BN7 1YE
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