Théorie de la Terre.Seconde Édition, corrigée, et augmentée d'une Minéralogie

LA MÉTHERIE, Jean Claude de

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Finely engraved frontis. port. of the author & eight folding engraved plates. Five vols. 8vo, fine cont. mottled calf (a few minor defects), flat spines gilt, red morocco lettering pieces on spines. Paris: Maradan, 1797. Second edition, corrected, and enlarged. This edition expands the sections on mineralogy and petrology from two volumes to four. First published in 1795, this is the author s chief work, which enjoyed considerable popularity among his contemporaries; it was founded for the most part on Werner s teachings. "Taking a broad cosmogonical view of creation, Lamétherie regarded the major features of the earth as the result of the combined action of crystallization, moving water, and shifts in the planetary-motion characteristics of the earth." D.S.B., VII, p. 604. La Métherie (1743-1817), was chief editor of the famous Journal de Physique from 1785 until the year of his death. He wrote a number of important works on mineralogy and was a friend to many of the leading scientists of his time, especially Cuvier. A lovely set. ? Schuh, Mineralogy & Crystallography: A Biobibliography, 1469 to 1920, 1318 "Very scarce." Zittel, pp. 77-78. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5051

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