A Catalogue of American Minerals ... in the United States and British Provinces ... Containing Localities and Tabular View
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- Original paper backed paste-paper boards and label.
- Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, & Co., 1825
Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, & Co., 1825. First Edition.. Original paper backed paste-paper boards and label.. A good copy; endpapers with tide marks that do NOT enter text; unopened; some splitting of paper along joints.. 8vo, vi, [2 index & errata], [1] 316 pp
This is generally accepted to be the first American catalogue of minerals for the United States that includes all the lands up to the Mississippi and some of Canada.The book was compiled from printed sources and accounts of all kinds. It is a digest of this material and an excellent survey of the knowledge of minerals at the time. Robinson intended it as a handbook for mineral collectors. Rink #796; Sabin #72176.
This is generally accepted to be the first American catalogue of minerals for the United States that includes all the lands up to the Mississippi and some of Canada.The book was compiled from printed sources and accounts of all kinds. It is a digest of this material and an excellent survey of the knowledge of minerals at the time. Robinson intended it as a handbook for mineral collectors. Rink #796; Sabin #72176.
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Title
A Catalogue of American Minerals ... in the United States and British Provinces ... Containing Localities and Tabular View
Author
Robinson, S
Binding
Original paper backed paste-paper boards and label.
Condition
Good
Publisher
Cummings, Hilliard, & Co.: Boston
Date
1825
Edition
First Edition.