An Elementary Introduction the the Knowledge of Mineralogy : Comprising Some Account of the Characters and Elements of Minerals [3rd Edition, Enlarged]

Phillips, William

Published by William Phillips, London, 1823

About this Item

Fair. Leather boards. Front board just-holding with the leather; rear still connected. Front endpapers gone, title page with large corner tear of the top-free corner with partial title "Eleme . to the . MINERALOGY:" (the rest being still readable. Third Edition - 1823. Text binding tight and in VG- to nFINE condition on acid free linen paper. 406pp, plus cxx introduction/preface pages in the front, and 6 index/advertisements page at the rear. One of the earliest and best illustrated treatises on minerals, gems, crystal structures, crystalography. Scarce early crystals/chemistry treatise. [B156].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Elementary Introduction the the Knowledge of Mineralogy : Comprising Some Account of the Characters and Elements of Minerals [3rd Edition, Enlarged]
• Publisher: William Phillips, London
• Publication Date: 1823
• Binding: Hardcover