Live auction - Lot 714
[Conchology]
Méthode analytique des fossiles, fondée sur leurs caractères extérieurs.
STRUVE, Henri
€ 300 / 400
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Lot description
Paris, H. Tardieu, l'an VII [i.e. 1798-1799]
8vo: [2]-xii-[1-1 bl.]-174 pp. (some min. spotting).
Cont. half sheep (corners bumped and rubbed), flat spine (rubbed), red leather title label. Good copy.
Second edition of this work on the classification of minerals by the celebrated Swiss chemist and mineralogist H. Struve (1751-1826). Complete with the two fine hand-coloured plates showing primary mineral colours. Ref. Cp. Bn-Opale plus. - Not in Sinkankas. Prov. Libr. stamp.