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Aubuisson, J. F. D'

Traité de géognosie ou exposé des connaissances actuelles sur la constitution physique et minérale du globe terrestre.

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(Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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Aubuisson, J. F. D'

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Strasbourg and Paris, F. G. Levrault, 1819. Two volumes in two. 8vo (20.1 x 12.3 cm). lxii, 496; 665 pp.; two folding engraved plates, of which one hand-coloured; one double-folded table. Uniform contemporary full tree calf with rich gilt spines. All edges marbled. = Uncommon first edition of "the first competent treatment of general geology in French" (see DSB), by the French geologist Jean François d'Aubuisson de Voisins (1769-1841). Covers rubbed; front cover of the binding of the first volume is slightly damaged (perhaps by two pellets). Old library stamp on title page of both volumes. Some few pages creased near rear of the second volume. In all a good set. DSB 1, p. 327; Ward and Carozzi, 88.
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