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Auction 118
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118-1088 Du Hamel,J.B.
De meteoris et fossilibus libri duo. In priore libro mixta imperfecta, quæque in sublimi aëre vel gignuntur, vel apparent, fusè pertractantur. Posterior liber mixta perfecta complectitur ; ubi salium, bituminum, lapidum, gemmarum, & metallorum naturæ, causæ, & usus inquiruntur. Paris, Lamy 1660. 4° (224 x 167 mm). [28], 310, [6] pp. With three geometric figures in the text.
Hoover Collection 271; Sinkankas, Gemology 1796; Ward/Carozzi 703; DSB IV, 221; Poggendorff I, 616. - Very rare first edition. "This volume investigates meteorites and various aspects of mineralogy and palaeontology, including salt, coal, metals, and various gems. Although written for the general public, it is a valuable scientific contribution for its comparisons of mid-seventeenth century theories to the ancient explanations of minerals" (Curtis Schuh's Bibliography of Mineralogy). Du Hamel was a French cleric and natural philosopher, and the first secretary of the Academie Royale des Sciences. - Contemporary vellum, penned title on spine. Binding slightly stained. Somewhat toned and foxed throughout. - PROVENANCE: Father Pio de Podio, inscription on first endpaper, title with ms. monograms B.S. and M.C., and crabbed stamp.
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