BRONGNIART (Alexandre). Traité élémentaire de Minéralogie, avec des applications aux arts... Paris, Crapelet, Deterville, 1807. 2 vol. in-8° bound half blond basane with corners, spines decorated and gilt (Binding of the time). Vol.1: XII, 564 pp, Vol.2: [2] ff, 443 pp, [1] p. with 15 engraved folding plates. First edition of this mineralogy manual which was adopted by the Faculty of Sciences and the Museum of Natural History as a support for the courses given by the author and René Just Haüy. Good condition, copy complete with illustrations, some foxing and spotting affecting the text and some plates.

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