Mawe, John, 1764-1829, Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology , 1823
- Title(s):
Familiar lessons on mineralogy and geology : with colored plates : to which is added a practical description of the use of the lapidary's apparatus, explaining the methods of slitting and polishing pebbles, &c. / by John Mawe, Honorary Member of the Mineralogical Society of Jena, &c. &c. author of Travels through the gold and diamond district of Brasil, Treatise on diamonds and precious stones, Descriptive catalogue, &c.
- Additional Title(s):
Lessons on mineralogy
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Published/Created:
- London : Printed for and sold by the author, 149, Strand; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row, 1823.
- Physical Description:
- vii, [1], 108, iii, [1] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsQE366 .M3 1823Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3429314
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Half-title: Lessons on mineralogy.
Printed by W. McDowall, Printer, Pemberton Row, Gough Square.
"Price 7s...colored plates."--Publisher's printed title label on spine.
Includes index.
Publisher's advertisements: [1] p. at end.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in original gray boards with publisher's printed title label on spine. - Subject Terms:
- Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1823.Gem cutting -- Study and teaching.Geology -- Study and teaching.Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown -- Publisher.Mawe, John, 1764-1829, -- Publisher.McDowall, W. -- Printer.Mineralogy -- Study and teaching.Natural history -- Great Britain.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1823.
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