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Found 84 books for Rare Mineralogy and Gemology Books (1-8 of 84)

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Book by Johann Carl Freiesleben; Magazin fur die Oryktographie von Sachsen. Ein Beytrag zur Mineralogischen Kenntniss dieses Landes und zur Geschichte seiner Mineralien. Freyburg, 1828, 1829 & 1843 supplement.
Freiesleben, Johann Carl; Magazin fur die Oryktographie von Sachsen. Ein Beytrag zur Mineralogischen Kenntniss dieses Landes und zur Geschichte seiner Mineralien. Freyburg, 1828, 1829 & 1843 supplement. Octavo, pp. xvi, 160, 236, 202 and x, 106. Set is bound in two volumes in later calf with gilt titles, original wraps bound in, x-lib. stamp on covers, early signature inked out on two hefts, text block trimmed, very good. Very rare.
PRICE: $2,000.00
Book by Abraham Gesner - Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of Nova Scotia
Gesner, Abraham; Remarks on the Geology and Mineralogy of Nova Scotia. Halifax, Gossip and Coade, 1836. Octavo, pp. xl, 272, folded frontispiece view of Parrsboro, folded hand-colored map, plate with view of Cape Split. In original linen, spine rebacked with original title retained, x-lib, stamp on tp and cover, text, plates and map very clean, very good copy.
PRICE: $550.00
Book by Adolf Ferdinand Gehlen, editor; Journal für die Chemie und Physik....und Mineralogie. Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung, 1806 & 1807 & 1808.
Gehlen, Adolf Ferdinand, ed.; Journal für die Chemie und Physik....und Mineralogie. Berlin, Realschulbuchhandlung, 1806 & 1807 & 1808. Octavo, Bd. 1, heft 1-4, pp. 720, 10 folded plates (2 hand colored of minerals). Bd 3, heft 1-4. pp. 734, 30, 7 folded plates. Bd. 5, heft 1-4, pp. 746 (mispagination with pages 117-130 after page 746), 7 folded plates. In original boards, gilt spine titles, light wear to board edges, small lib. stamp verso of title pages, light foxing, very good. Rare early scientific journal.
PRICE: $900.00
Book by Alexandre-Brongniart; Traite Elementaire de Mineralogie. Tome 1-2. Paris 1807.
Brongniart, Alexandre; Traite Elementaire de Mineralogie. Tome 1-2. Paris 1807. Octavo, vol. 1, pp. xij, 564, Vol. 2, pp. 444, 16 engraved plates on 15 folded leaves. Bound as set in full calf, with panelled gilt design, gilt spine designs, bindings rubbed, corners bumped, light foxing to a few pages, very good.
PRICE: $900.00
Book by Alvaro-Alonso-Barba; A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Treatises upon Metals, Mines, and Minerals...2nd edition, London, 1740.
Barba, Alvaro Alonso; A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Treatises upon Metals, Mines, and Minerals...2nd edition, London, 1740. Octavo, pp. 16, 319, frontispiece. Contemporary calf, raised spine bands, shelf scuffing, very light foxing to frontispiece, very good.
PRICE: $1,000.00
Book by Antoine-Joseph Dezallier D'Argenville; L'Historie Naturelle Eclaircie dans une de ses Parties Principales, L'oryctologie, qui Traite des Terres, des Pierres, des Metaux, des Mineraux...1755.
Dezallier D'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph; L'Historie Naturelle Eclaircie dans une de ses Parties Principales, L'oryctologie, qui Traite des Terres, des Pierres, des Metaux, des Mineraux, et Autre Fossiles, Ouvrage dans lequel on trouve une nouvelle methode Latine une notice critique des principaux Ouvrages qui ont paru fur ces matieres. Paris, 1755. Quarto, pp. xvi, 560, with engraved frontispiece, 25 engraved plates. In contemporary full calf, raised spine bands, six ornate gilt spine panels , gilt titles and gilt gold family crest on front cover, early signature on first leaf, Henry Faul bookplate on pastedown, minor light foxing, very good.
PRICE: $2,000.00
Book by Baron Ignaz Elder von Born-translated by R. E. Raspe; Amalgamation. 1791
Born, Baron Ignaz Elder von; Baron Inigo Born's New Process of Amalgamation of Gold and Silver Ores, and Other Metallic Mixtures, as, by his late Imperial Majesty's Commands, introduced in Hungary and Bohemia, from the Baron's account in German, translated into English by R. E. Raspe. To which are added, a supplement, or a comparative view of the former method of melting and refining; and an address to subscribers, giving an account of its latest improvements, and of the quicksilver trade. London: printed for T. Cadell, 1791. Quarto, xxxiv, 256 pp., 22 engraved plates, half of them folding. Contemporaryhalf calf and marbled boards, one inch of upper edge of title page with early archival repair, very good+.
PRICE: $3,200.00
Book by Benedetto Ceruti & Andrea Chiocco; CalceolarI ivn. Veronensis a Benedicto Cervto medico incaeptvm; et ab Andrea Chiocco med. physico excelltiss, collegii luculenter descriptum. Verona Angelus Tamus, 1622.
eruti, Benedetto & Chiocco, Andrea; CalceolarI ivn. Veronensis a Benedicto Cervto medico incaeptvm; et ab Andrea Chiocco med. physico excelltiss, collegii luculenter descriptum. Verona Angelus Tamus, 1622.
PRICE: $12,000.00

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