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KIRWAN, RICHARD. Elements of Mineralogy . . . Second Edition, with Considerable Improvements and Additions. xxxi, [1], 510, [2]; xvi, 529, [2] pages, including half-titles, final blank in volume, and 6 folding tables and final errata leaf in second volume. 2 volumes. 8vo, 199x122 mm, contemporary tree sheep gilt, top of spines chipped, joints cracked or starting; occasional even browning. 19th-century armorial bookplates of Thomas Meynell, Esq. London: P. Elmsly, 1794-96
First published in 1784 and here rewritten according in accordance with the Wernerian system, "the first systematic mineralogy in English that classifies minerals by their chemical composition" (Schuh). DSB VII, 388-89. Neville, page 728; Schuh, Kirwan 2; Sinkankas 3431.
