TRAITE DE MINERALOGIE by Hauy 4 Vol 1822 Original Classic French Mineralogy

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Offered here for sale is a good original 4 volume set of
TRAITE DE MINERALOGIE by R.J. Hauy
Paris: Courcier 2nd ed, 1822. 8 1/4" X 5", Volume I pp xlviii + 592, Volume II pp 610, Volume III pp 590, Volume IV pp 604; green library buckram with gilt titles on spine and usual markings, including a perforation stamp on title pages. This set lacks the separate Atlas of Crystal Drawings else good and complete. The most influential work written in the historical development of mineralogy and
crystallography
. It far superseded any previous attempt to create a mineralogical classification. It is a work of comprehensive insight, and much of it, written in literary fluency, repays the casual curiosity of mineralogists and historians of science. This work was immediately recognized as the most important offered by France to the science of mineralogy. Quite scarce. (Schuh #2123)
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