Title: An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, Being an Introduction to the Study of These Sciences, and Designed for the Use of Pupils, - For Persons, Attending Lectures on These Subjects, - and as a Companion for Travellers in the United States of America
Author: Cleaveland, Parker
Description: Two volumes in one. vii, 480; [2], [481]-818, [1] pp. Hand-colored folding map and 5 folding copper-engraved plates. 9x5¼, period full calf, morocco title label. Second Edition.Second edition of the first important mineralogical text published in the United States, with the scarce map. Sabin 13611.
Heading: Place Published: Boston
Publisher: Cummings & Hilliard
Date Published: 1822
Author: Cleaveland, Parker
Description: Two volumes in one. vii, 480; [2], [481]-818, [1] pp. Hand-colored folding map and 5 folding copper-engraved plates. 9x5¼, period full calf, morocco title label. Second Edition.Second edition of the first important mineralogical text published in the United States, with the scarce map. Sabin 13611.
Heading: Place Published: Boston
Publisher: Cummings & Hilliard
Date Published: 1822
Condition report
Spine faded, title label partially detached; extremities worn; light foxing; else very good.
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