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René Just Haüy - Traité de minéralogie

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Imprint transposed: printer's name appears above place and bookseller.

Vol. 1: [4], lvj, 494, [2] p.; v. 2: [4], 617, [3] p.; v. 3: [4], 588, [2] p.; v. 4: [4], 592, [2] p.

Sowerby, E.M. Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 1089

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Errata: v. 1, p. [1] at end; v. 2, p. [2] at end; v. 3, p. [1] at end.; v. 4, p. [1] at end.

LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. The atlas has been cut down and rebound to match the 21 cm size of the remainder of the set, and the plates folded.

LC copy is Thomas Jefferson's, with his initials at signatures I and T in volumes 1-4. All volumes have the Library of Congress's 1815 bookplate.

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mineralogy french rare book selections rare book and special collections division france conseil général des mines rené just haüy thomas jefferson thomas jefferson library collection library of congress high resolution ultra high resolution science geology
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01/01/1801
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label_outline Explore France Conseil General Des Mines, Rene Just Hauy

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mineralogy french rare book selections rare book and special collections division france conseil général des mines rené just haüy thomas jefferson thomas jefferson library collection library of congress high resolution ultra high resolution science geology