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.
Alternate 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 Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
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:
Mineralogy -- Study and teaching. | Geology -- Study and teaching. | Gem cutting -- Study and teaching. | Natural history -- Great Britain. | Mawe, John, 1764–1829, -- Publisher. | Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown -- Publisher. | McDowall, W. -- Printer. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1823.