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mineralogy129
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Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc Comte De (1707-1788)37
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Hill, Sir John (1714?-1775)5
Sowerby, James (1757-1822)5
British Museum (Natural History). Department of Mineralogy4
Hauy, Rene Just (1743-1822)4
Kirwan, Richard (1733-1812)4
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Catalogue of Sicilian minerals

c.1801-1825

Catalogue of 132 sundry Sicilian minerals, collected by P. Campanella of Messina

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Notebook of minerals

c.1850

Contains: (1) ff.3v-13v, Earthy minerals; (2) ff.14v-16v, Alkaline earthy minerals; (3) ff.17v-20v, Acidiferous earthy minerals; (4) f.21v, Acidiferous alkaline minerals; (5) f.22v, Acidiferous alkali...

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Catalogue of minerals, collected and arranged by Joseph Dawson of Royds Hall, Bradford

Dawson, Joseph

c.1820

Contains a catalogue of minerals arranged principally according to Richard Kirwan's plan

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Traité de minéralogie (v.1)

Haüy, René Just (1743-1822)

1801

On t.-p. of atlas: Tome cinquième. Caractères minéralogiques. Distribution méthodique des minéraux. Figures géométriques. "De L'Imprimerie De Delance."--T.p., v. 1-4. Half title-pages. Er...

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Traité de minéralogie (v.2)

Haüy, René Just (1743-1822)

1801

On t.-p. of atlas: Tome cinquième. Caractères minéralogiques. Distribution méthodique des minéraux. Figures géométriques. "De L'Imprimerie De Delance."--T.p., v. 1-4. Half title-pages. Er...

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