From ASHER Rare Books, T Goy Houten, Netherlands
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2 volumes. First edition of a work on mineralogy by the French geologist and mineralogist Alexandre Brongniart (1770-1847), intended as a textbook for the mineralogical courses given by Brongniart and René Just Haüy at the Faculté des Sciences and the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. "For this purpose, the author created a simple classification system based primarily on physical properties, but also influenced by Haüy's crystallographic theories. Brongniart insisted that studying how minerals occurred as well as their properties would lead to a better understanding of their origin" (Schuh). The engraved plates depict crystals and mining instruments and mechanisms. With an armorial bookplate on past-down of both volumes. Bindings rubbed. Internally in very good condition.l Schuh 869; Sinkankas 953; Ward 331. With 16 folding engraved plates. Pages: XII, 564; [4], 443, [1] pp. Seller Inventory # K89B9DNACSF7
Bibliographic Details
Title: Traité élémentaire de minéralogie, avec des ...
Publisher: Crapelet; Deterville,, Paris,
Publication Date: 1807
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