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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.
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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.
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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.
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PRICE: $3,500.00
Rare mineralogy book, Parrot, Geor Friedrich; Notice sur les Diamans de L'Oural.
Parrot, Geor Friedrich; Notice sur les Diamans de L'Oural. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 1838. Quarto, pp. 14, 1 engraved plate of a diamond crystal.

The work is complete and in a modern archival folder. The binding is tight and clean, the text and plate are very clean. In very good condition.
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PRICE: $200.00
Rare Mineralogy Book, Pierre Dufrenoy, Traite De Mineralogie, five volumes.
Dufrenoy, Ours Pierre Armand Petit; Traité De Minéralogie Par A. Dufrénoy, Deuxième Édition, Revue, Corrigée. Et Considérablement Augmentée. Paris, Victor Dalmont, Éditeur,  Successeur de Carilian-Gœury et Vor Dalmont, |Libraire Des Corps Impériaux Des Ponts Et Chaussées Et Des Mines, Qual des Augustins, 49. 1856-1859. Four volumes and atlas, quarto, vol. 1, pp. xii, 715, 297 figures, 5 folded plates. Vol. 2, pp. 685. Vol. 3, pp. 719. Vol. 4, pp. 767, errata. Atlas, pp. liii, 14 figures, 236 plates.
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The set is complete and in a modern half calf over marbled boards with gilt spine titles. Bindings are tight and very clean. Light foxing to a few text signatures, discard stamp verso of half titles but no other stamps or markings. The plates are exceptionally clean. In very good condition.
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PRICE: $1,700.00
Rare Mineralogy Book, Pierre Louis Cordier, Temperature of the Interior of the Earth
Cordier, Pierre Louis Antoine; An Essay on the Temperature of the Interior of the Earth. Amherst, John S. & Charles Adams, 1828. Octavo, pp. 94.
The work is complete and in the original cloth over marbled boards with a modern title label on the cover. Binding is tight with minor soiling, text is clean with 1833 signature on end sheet, a note at the rear on two well borings in France and the temperatures of the waters. Perforated library stamp on lower part of title page. In very good condition. A scarce work.
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PRICE: $375.00
Rare Mineralogy book, Werner, Abraham Gottlob; ...Letztes Mineral-System. 1817
Werner, Abraham Gottlob; ...Letztes Mineral-System. Aus dessen Nachlasse auf Oberbergamtliche Anordnung herausgegeben und mit Erlauterungen versehen. Freyberg und Wien, 1817. Octavo, pp. xiv, 58.

The work is complete and in a modern archival paper cover with a typed title. The binding is tight and clean, light toning to the text, light soiling to the title page with the lower inner gutter. Early signature on title page with two early stamps. In very good condition
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PRICE: $750.00
Rare mineralogy book: Mendes da Costa, Emanuel; A Natural History Of Fossils. 1757.
Mendes da Costa, Emanuel; A Natural History Of Fossils. By Emanuel Mendes da Costa, Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies of London, and Member of the Imperial Academy Naturæ Curiosorum of Germany. Vol. 1. Part I. (All published) London, Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Grays-Inn-Gate, Holbourn, Printers to the Royal Society.  MDCCLVII. Quarto, pp. vi, 2  "A List Of The Subscribers."; 294, plate (showing the basalt columns of Giant's Causeway).

The work is complete and in a 20th century full calf with gilt titles and spine panels, marbled text block edges. The binding is tight and pristine. title page lightly soiled, owners name erased from upper corner of title page, minor damp margin to outer tips of last 15 pages well outside text. In very good condition.
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PRICE: $3,000.00
Rare Mineralogy Book: Miller, William Hallowes; A Treatise on Crystallography. Cambridge, 1839.
Miller, William Hallowes; A Treatise on Crystallography. Cambridge, 1839. Octavo, pp. vii, 1, 139, 10 lithographed plates.

In recent calf and marbled boards, title page torn has been re-backed, letters H and Y lost in word crystallography. Blind stamp on first page. Text and plates are very clean. In good-very good condition. The work is rare.

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PRICE: $1,100.00

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