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Bergman, Torbern Olof; Manuel du Mineralogiste, ou Sciagraphie du Regne Mineral, distribue d'Apres L'Analyse Chimique. Paris, 1784. Octavo, pp. lxxxvii, 338, 1 plate.
Contemporary full calf with gold spine titles and decorative gold gilt panels, light damp stain to first index pages, very good.
This is the first edition of the French translation of Bergman's Sciagraphia made by Jean André Mongez. Mongez added extensive notes regarding each substance, citing the works of other chemists and mineralogists. The translation is actually based on the German of Johann Jacob Ferber, who had brought the work up to date.