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	Rare Mineralogy book by Pott, Johann Heinrich; Lithogéognosie Ou Examen Chymique Pott, Johann Heinrich; Lithogéognosie  Ou  Examen Chymique  Des Pierres  Et  Des Terres En Général,  Et du Talc, de la Topaze & de la Stéatite  en particulier,  Avec une Dissertation sur le Feu  & sur la Lumiere. & Continuation de la Lithogéognosie Pyrotechnique...Paris, 1753. Octavo,  Vol. 1, pp. viii, 431, 1 plate. vol. 2, pp. 267, 5, 103 pages of tables. The set is complete and in a contemporary full mottled calf with gilt spine titles and panels, red tinted text block edges and marbled end sheets. The bindings are tight with minor corner rubbing and scuffing. The text is very clean and crisp. In very good condition. PRICE: $2,400.00
	Rare mineralogy book, Dana's copy, Kenngott, Gustav Adolf; Krystallformennetze zum Anfertigen von Krystallmodellen. Wien, R. Lechner, 1854. Kenngott, Gustav Adolf; Krystallformennetze zum Anfertigen von Krystallmodellen. Wien, R. Lechner, 1854. Oblong atlas with blue paper wraps and paper title and 4 pages of text followed by five large folded plates of outlines of crystal forms. This rare work is complete and in a modern acid free folder. The original blue wraps are well worn and the folded plates are toned due to quality of the paper. The work is from the library of James D. Dana, inscribed to him by Kenngott. In very good condition. PRICE: $850.00
	Rare mineralogy book, Dana, James D.; A System of Mineralogy Containing the Most Recent Discovers . . . Illustrated by Six Hundred Wood Cuts. 4th edition. 1858. Dana, James D.; A System of Mineralogy Containing the Most Recent Discovers . . . Illustrated by Six Hundred Wood Cuts. 4th edition. New York, Appleton & Co., 1858. Quarto, pp. 533, errata, 600 text woodcuts. The work is complete and in the original stamped cloth with gilt spine titles. X-lib, with faint accession number on spine. The binding is tight with light sun fading to spine, small perforated stamp on lower part of title page. The text is clean with signature of William Ferris on first blank leaf and inscription dated 1866 noting purchase of text with a collection of minerals. Very minor foxing to first and last pages. In very good condition. PRICE: $750.00
	Rare Mineralogy Book, Francisco Imperato, De Fossilibus Opusculum, 1610. Imperato, Francisco; De Fossilibus Opusculum Authore Francisco Imperato Iure Consulto Neapolitano Ferdinandi Filio. In quo miro ordine continentur Naturalis disciplinae scitu dignissima, eiusque Professoribus omnino necessaria; ab alijs minime excogitata. Accesserunt. Multa, quae Hieroglyphice per Fossilia nouiter interpetramur; non nullae que Icones fideliter adviuum delineatae. Neapoli, Typis Io. Dominici Roncalioli. M.DC.X. (1610). Quarto, pp. title page with engraved vignette, 6, 98, 10, folded table, text illustrated. This very rare mineralogy work is complete and in a 19th century speckled calf with raised spine bands, gilt panels and an early inked spine label. The binding is tight with rubbing to corners and spine margins. Toning to outer margins of end sheets, very minor light spotting to outer margin of a few pages at front and rear of work. Ownership notation of Ezekiel Spanheim (1629-1710) a German diplomat, jurist and theologian, born in Switzerland died in London. Over all in very good condition. PRICE: $7,500.00
	Rare Mineralogy Book, Gabriel Auguste Daubree; Formation Contemporaine de Diverses Especes Minerales Daubree, Gabriel-Auguste; Formation Contemporaine de Diverses Especes Minerales Cristallisees dans la Source Termale de Borbonne-Le-Bains. Paris, Dunod, 1876. Octavo, pp. 48, 1 folded plate. The offprint is complete and in the original pale green title wraps, with black ornate borderes and  titles. Light wear to covers, light toning to page margins. Ownership signature of noted U. S. geologist A. C. Peale on cover. In very good condition. PRICE: $150.00
	Rare mineralogy book, James D. Dana, Charles Palache; System of Mineralogy, 7th edition Palache, Charles, Berman, H. & Frondel, C.; The System of Mineralogy of J. D. Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University, 1837-1892. 7th edition, 3 vols. New York, 1944-1962. Octavo, vol. 1, pp. 834, vol. 2, pp. 1124, vol. 3, pp. 334 with numerous crystal drawings and tables in all volumes. The set is complete and in the original blue cloth with gilt titles. The bindings are tight, light corner bumping, very minor fold creases at upper outer corner of a few pages. The text and plates are very clean and free of stamps, signatures or markings. In very good to near fine condition. PRICE: $250.00
	Rare Mineralogy Book, John Hill; Fossils Arranged According to their Obvious Characters Hill, John; Fossils Arranged According to their Obvious Characters; with their History and description under the Articles of Form, Hardness, Weight, Surface, Color, and Qualities; The Place of their Production, Their Uses, and Distinctive English, and Classical Latin Names. By J. Hill, M.D. Member of the Imperial Academy. London: Printed for R. Baldwin, in Pater-noster Row; and P. Elmsly, in the Strand, 1771. Octavo, pp. viii, 9- 420, 16, 1 folded table. The work is complete and in a modern half calf over marbled boards with raised spine bands and gilt titles. The binding is tight and very clean. Moderate toning to original free end papers, the text and folded table are very clean. In very good condition. PRICE: $3,500.00
	Rare Mineralogy Book, Mercati, Michele; Samminiatensis. Metallotheca with Appendix. 2nd State 1719. Mercati, Michele; Metallotheca. Opus posthumum, auctoritate, & munificentia Clementis undecemi Pontificis Maximi ex tenebris in lucem eductum; Opera autem, & studio Joannis Mariae Lancisii... illustratum. Cui accessit appendix cum XIX. recens inventiis iconibus. Rome, apud Jo. Mariam Salvioni Typographum Vaticanum, 1719. Small folio,  pp. (x, including half-title and frontispiece), xiii-lxiv, 378 (with an additional cancel leaf z4, pp. 367-8(bis), (18); 53, (1) with engraved frontispiece, 2 portraits (of Mercati and Lancisi), 6 engraved plates of which 2 are double-page, 159 engravings in text (several full-page), and engraved vignettes on titles, 2 initials and one tailpiece. The work is complete and in the original vellum with inked titles. The binding is tight with light soiling and titles faded. Owners name on end sheet and and Melvin Jahn's book plate on paste-down. The text is clean with light foxing to some signatures and the margins of some plates. Over all in very good condition. PRICE: $17,000.00

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