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Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology : with colored plates : to which is added a practical description of the use of the lapidary's apparatus, explaining the methods of slitting and polishing pebbles, &c.
Author
Title
Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology : with colored plates : to which is added a practical description of the use of the lapidary's apparatus, explaining the methods of slitting and polishing pebbles, &c. / by John Mawe, Honorary Member of the Mineralogical Society of Jena, &c. &c. author of Travels through the gold and diamond district of Brasil, Treatise on diamonds and precious stones, Descriptive catalogue, &c.
Edition
Fifth edition.
Published
London : Printed for and sold by the author, 149, Strand; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row, 1823.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 108, iii, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in original gray boards with publisher's printed title label on spine.
Notes
Half-title: Lessons on mineralogy.
Printed by W. McDowall, Printer, Pemberton Row, Gough Square.
"Price 7s...colored plates."--Publisher's printed title label on spine.
Includes index.
Publisher's advertisements: [1] p. at end.
Variant and related titles
Lessons on mineralogy
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Aquatints - Hand-colored - 1823.
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