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Henckel, Pyritologie Henckel, J. F. Pyritologie, ou histoire naturelle de la Pyrite ... on y a joint
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Henckel, Pyritologie
Henckel, J. F. Pyritologie, ou histoire naturelle de la Pyrite ... on y a joint le Flora Saturnisans ... et les opuscules minéralogiques. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Paris, Hérissant, 1760. 4to (26:22,5 cm). Mit Front. u. 5 gefalt. Kupfertaf. XVIII, 403 S.; 526 S. Hldr. d. Zt. mit Rückenschild, beschabt u. bestoßen.
Poggendorff I, 1065; Hoover 408; Cole 619; Ferchl 225 (unter Oeuvres); vgl. Duveen 288 u. Ferguson I, 386. - Erste französische Ausgabe aller hier enthaltenen Schriften, inkl. seiner beiden Hauptwerke, der "Pyritologia" und der "Flora Saturnizans" ("an inquiry into the relations and similarities between plants and minerals" DSB V, 259). "The Flora Saturnisans was translated by Charas with revisions by Augustin Roux, while the other items were translated by Baron d'Holbach all from the German" (Cole). - Etwas gebräunt u. stockfleckig, Vortitel mit Stempel.
First French edition. With engr. frontispiece and 5 fold. engr. plates. - Some browning and foxing, stamp to half-title. Contemp. half-calf, rubbed and somewhat worn.
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Henckel, Pyritologie
Henckel, J. F. Pyritologie, ou histoire naturelle de la Pyrite ... on y a joint le Flora Saturnisans ... et les opuscules minéralogiques. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Paris, Hérissant, 1760. 4to (26:22,5 cm). Mit Front. u. 5 gefalt. Kupfertaf. XVIII, 403 S.; 526 S. Hldr. d. Zt. mit Rückenschild, beschabt u. bestoßen.
Poggendorff I, 1065; Hoover 408; Cole 619; Ferchl 225 (unter Oeuvres); vgl. Duveen 288 u. Ferguson I, 386. - Erste französische Ausgabe aller hier enthaltenen Schriften, inkl. seiner beiden Hauptwerke, der "Pyritologia" und der "Flora Saturnizans" ("an inquiry into the relations and similarities between plants and minerals" DSB V, 259). "The Flora Saturnisans was translated by Charas with revisions by Augustin Roux, while the other items were translated by Baron d'Holbach all from the German" (Cole). - Etwas gebräunt u. stockfleckig, Vortitel mit Stempel.
First French edition. With engr. frontispiece and 5 fold. engr. plates. - Some browning and foxing, stamp to half-title. Contemp. half-calf, rubbed and somewhat worn.
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