ROSE, Gustave.

Éléments de Cristallographie.

..traduit de l'Allemand par M. Victor Regnault. Ten double-page lithographed plates depicting 120 crystal structures. 2 p.l., 270, [1] pp.; 11, [1] pp. Two parts in one vol. 8vo, cont. green sheep-backed marbled boards (binding a little rubbed), flat spine gilt. Paris: L. Hachette & Firmin Didot Frères, 1834. First edition in French (1st ed., in German: 1833) of this important book which "represented the latest advances of the science at the time."­D.S.B., XI, p. 539. Rose (1798-1873), worked for several years in Berzelius' laboratory at Stockholm and became professor of mineralogy and director of the Mineralogy Museum at Berlin. He was the author of many highly significant works, especially concerning crystallography. A few fore-edges lightly dampstained but an attractive copy. Scarce.

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