THEOPHRASTUS, of Eresus. Theophrastus's History of Stones...including the modern history of the gems, translated by J. Hill, London: for C. Davis, 1746, 8vo, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (gathering almost detached), contemporary calf-backed decorated boards (rubbed). [Duveen p. 294; Ferguson I, 406; Sinkankas 6591]

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THEOPHRASTUS, of Eresus. Theophrastus's History of Stones...including the modern history of the gems, translated by J. Hill, London: for C. Davis, 1746, 8vo, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION (gathering almost detached), contemporary calf-backed decorated boards (rubbed). [Duveen p. 294; Ferguson I, 406; Sinkankas 6591]

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"The work is highly regarded, eg, "the first edition in which the text appeared as a single work, as well as the first translation into any modern language and the first extensive commentary...still of considerable value for the light it throws on the state of chemical, geological, and mineralogical knowledge in the period during which it was written, "Caley & Richards, 5" (Sinkankas)

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