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DIE MINERALOGIE.

(1814 – )

1. German, 1814.
Die | Mineralogie | nach | ihren neuesten Ansichten | dargetellt. | [ornate rule] | [...9 lines of Latin quotation, signed Plin. hist. nat. l. 2. c. 63...] | [tapered rule] | Wien, 1814. | In Commission des cosmographischen Büreau.

8°: 1-108 112; 82l.; [1]-164 p. Page size: 182 x 105 mm. uncut.

Contents: [1-2], Half title page, verso blank.; [3-4], Title page, verso blank.; [5]-6, Preface.; 7-164, Text.

Rare. The text provides a review of recent discoveries in mineralogy, crystallography and paleontology. It is divided into five sections covering the earths (pp. 9-85), salts (pp. 86-91), combustibles (pp. 92-100), metals (pp. 101-158) and petrifications (pp. 159-164).

Bibliographical references: BL.

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