Histoire elementaire des mineraux usuels ... Deuxieme edition
Paris: L. Hachette et Cie, 1867. 12mo, pp. [4], iii, [1], 311, [1]; composite color lithograph frontispiece, 2 other composite lithographs (1color); original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt on both covers and spine; a very good, bright, and sound copy. "Scarce. This apparently popular work in France intended to describe the economic minerals and containing two hand-colored plates of minerals specimens and crystals. The text was a reedited from the Minéralogie des Gens du Monde, ou, Notions Générales sur les Minéraux les plus Utiles à la Société (1836 and 1842). Its authority in France is shown by the multiple editions (apparently being only reissues) that appeared over many years. It is written for the beginning student of mineralogy with its text covering stones, earths, fuels, mineral waters, precious stones. The two colored plates are of mediocre quality" (Schuh). Reynaud (1806-1863) was a French mining expert and a philosopher. "He became an engineer in Corsica. During the revolution of 1830 he was for a time imprisoned. Afterwards he became a member of the Saint-Simonian community and in his Terre et Ciel (1854), Reynaud set out a religious system based on the transmigration of souls which he believed was reconcilable both with Christianity and pluralism. Reynaud was also a co-founder of the Encyclopédie Nouvelle" (Schuh, The Mineralogical Record online at mineralogicalrecord.com). Item #58551
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