BRUNNER, Joseph.

Handbuch der Mineralogischen Diagnosis.

xlviii, 326 pp. 8vo, cont. blue-grey boards (binding a little soiled). Leipzig: Kleefeld, 1804. First edition (?). Brunner (1764-1807), was administrator of the mining offices at Bodenmais in Bavaria. He is best known for his hypothesis concerning the origin of ore bodies (see Adams, The Birth and Development of the Geological Sciences, p. 321). “Very scarce. Completely revised edition, based on Lenz’s Mineralogisches Taschenbuch (Erfurt, 1798-9). Brunner’s mineralogical system offered little that was either new or interesting. Typical of the period, the external characters play a great part, and the chief divisions are Earths, Salts, Bitumens and Metals. The first of these is subdivided according to structure into earthy or powdery, fine bladed, leafy, star-like, fibrous, fine-grained and dense or compact. The salts are split according to their taste into sour and sweet assemblages. The volume begins with discussions of color, external form, fracture, and luster. An overview of the system is then presented, followed by the complete system including a section devoted to new minerals. The book concludes with an index to minerals mentioned.”–Schuh, Mineralogy & Crystallography: A Biobibliography, 1469 to 1920 (in progress), 906–(Schuh describes this as a second edition — of the Versuch eines neuen Systems der Mineralogie (1800) — but I am not entirely sure of that). Very good copy of a very rare book.

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