SUCKOW, Georg Adolph.

Anfangsgründe der Mineralogie nach den neuesten Entdeckungen.

Engraved vignette on title of Vol. I. viii, 728 pp.; 1 p.l., 729, [4] pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. half-sheep & boards, red & green morocco lettering pieces on spines, stamp of "Joseph, P. z. S." at foot of each spine. Leipzig: Weidmann, 1803-04. Second edition, greatly enlarged and revised (1st ed.: 1790), of this introduction to mineralogy. In the years between the publication of the two editions enormous progress had been made by Klaproth, Haüy, and Brocant de Villiers (among others) in the study of the chemical composition and crystal structure of minerals. This second edition contains all the latest knowledge in determining mineral species while still using Werner's system. Vol. II also contains a long section (pp. 511-653) on geognosy. Suckow (1751-1813), a member of the famous family of scientists, was professor of physics, chemistry, and natural history at the University of Heidelberg. He wrote many books and articles on chemistry, natural history, botany, and mineralogy. Fine and attractive set. Rare; not in N.U.C. A.D.B., Vol. 37, pp. 105-06. Ferchl, p. 523. Poggendorff, II, 1046-47.

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