An essay towards a system of mineralogy /
Cronstedt, Axel Fredrik,1722-1765.
Engeström, Gustav von,1738-1813.
Bute, John Stuart,Earl of,1713-1792,former owner.StEdNL
London : Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly,
1772.
A reissue of the first edition, with a cancel titlepage, without the advertisement leaf after page 318, and with the addition of the separately paginated Appendix to Cronstedt's Mineralogy.
An additional leaf numbered *67-*68 is inserted between pages 68-69.
Includes: An alphabetical table of different minerals.
ESTC
Bound for the 3rd Earl of Bute.
In contemporary binding with gold tooled armorial on upper and lower boards. Shield is per fess chequy, within a double tressure flory counterflory. It is surmounted by an Earl's coronet and surrounded by the motto of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
Mineralogy