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DANA, JAMES DWIGHT. A System of Mineralogy: including an extended Treatise on Crystallography...and a mineralogical bibliography. New Haven, 1837. 4 engraved crystallographic plates, including 2 folding. 8vo, contemporary speckled sheep, spine darkened, a little wear at edges; some scattered light foxing to text and plates. FIRST EDITION of Dana's first and most famous book. DSB III,354; Hoover 247; Hazen & Hazen 2798.
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USD 1,000 - USD 1,500
DANA, JAMES DWIGHT. A System of Mineralogy: including an extended Treatise on Crystallography...and a mineralogical bibliography. New Haven, 1837. 4 engraved crystallographic plates, including 2 folding. 8vo, contemporary speckled sheep, spine darkened, a little wear at edges; some scattered light foxing to text and plates. FIRST EDITION of Dana's first and most famous book. DSB III,354; Hoover 247; Hazen & Hazen 2798.