Élémens de minéralogie [...].

8vo: xlviii-[6]-iii/xlviii-432 pp. (some usual browning and spotting).

Contemp. mottled calf, gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands, black leather title label, red edges, marbled endpapers.

First French translation by the French physician Jacques Gibelin (1744-1828) of "Elements of mineralogy" (London 1784) by the Irish geologist and chemist Richard Kirwan (1733-1812). Still an interesting landmark in the history of mineralogy, as it shows the minerals that were known, the system of classification and the amount of knowledge of their composition (Ferguson).
Ref. BnF. - COPAC. - Ferguson, Bibliotheca chemica, I:472.
Prov. J. de Boigne.