LEONHARD, Karl Cäsar von.

Naturgeschichte des Mineralreiches. Ein Lehrbuch für öffentliche Vorträge, besonders in Gymnasien und Realschulen, so wie zum Selbst studium.

Two engraved plates (one is finely handcolored). xiv, [2], 360 pp. 8vo, cont. marbled boards (lower edges somewhat worn), red leather lettering piece on spine. Heidelberg: J. Engelmann, 1825. First edition and very rare. Leonhard (1779-1862), was professor of mineralogy at the University of Heidelberg. “As a founding editor of the Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, Leonhard earned a place among the foremost mineralogists of his time. His prolific writings contributed to the rise of popular interest in geology during the nineteenth century.”–D.S.B., VIII, p. 245–(describing this as one of his chief books). This is Leonhard’s first introductory textbook to mineralogy and geology which was so influential in the popularization of these disciplines. Very good copy. ❧ Poggendorff, I, 1427. Schuh, Mineralogy & Crystallography: A Biobibliography, 1469 to 1920 (in progress), 3004–“Very scarce.”

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