BIB_ID
432324
Accession number
MA 23390
Creator
Daubenton, M. (Louis-Jean-Marie), 1716-1799, author.
Display Date
Paris, France, 1779.
Credit line
Donated by Mrs. Jayne Wrightsman in honor of Mrs. Annette de la Renta.
Description
1 item (218, xv, [6] pages; 1 leaf of plates) : illustration ; 17.1 x 10.3 cm (bound)
Notes
Title from title page; caption title on page 1 reads: Précis de minéralogie.
Manuscript treatise by Daubenton on minerology; possibly written in the hand of author.
Plate inserted between pages 28 and 29 with a color bar illustrating the different colors of various precious and semi-precious gemstones.
Manuscript treatise by Daubenton on minerology; possibly written in the hand of author.
Plate inserted between pages 28 and 29 with a color bar illustrating the different colors of various precious and semi-precious gemstones.
Provenance
Bookplate of Henri Beraldi; Jayne Wrightsman (1919-2019), New York.
Summary
Introduction to the classification and description of the various minerals; with index (pages i-xv) followed by a 6 page "Explication des figures" purporting to explain a series of plates illustrating geometric figures, not present in the accompanying text.
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