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1787261336Genève: Chez François Dufart Imprimeur-Libraire 1787. First Geneva edition; and 2nd edition after the first of Paris 1786-87. 4 302; 4 319 pp. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf gilt spine raised bands marbled endpapers red-stained edges. Head and foot slightly rubbed lower joints just starting but firm. Very good. First Geneva edition; and 2nd edition after the first of Paris 1786-87. 4 302; 4 319 pp. 8vo. A sentimental popular epistolary novel in its day showing the influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's LA NOUVELLE HELOISE and Samuel Richardson. Gove cites Servais Etienne: "Il suffit de lire Zélie . pour se rendre un compte exacte de l'influence de Richardson à l'extrême fin de l'ancien régime. Il est certain que Mme Daubenton a fait un effort pour se rapprocher du roman anglais .". OCLC: 43197583 2 copies in the U.S.; Gove THE IMAGINARY VOYAGE IN PROSE FICTION pp. 382-384 Chez François Dufart Imprimeur-Libraire unknown books
1792S6747Paris:: De l'Imprimerie de Du Pont Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale des Sciences 1792. 1792. 8vo. 42 ff. Printed on one side only. Full modern blind-stamped brown calf gilt spine. Ex library rubber stamp on verso of title. Fine. FOURTH EDITION. This work divides minerals into four orders and under these are classes based on physical and chemical properties. "The first edition of his Tableau methodique des mineraux appeared in 1784. While they display no great originality Daubenton's teaching and writings on mineralogy contributed significantly to the spreading of current knowledge of the subject. It was moreover under Daubenton's patronage that Hauy began his career." - DSB. Louis Daubenton was professor of Natural History at the College de France and professor of mineralogy at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. BM Nat. Hist. I p. 424; Cole Chemical literature 337 5th ed. An IV de la Republique; DSB XV p. 113; Duveen Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica p. 158 1784; Poggendorf I col. 515 notes an 8th ed. in 1800. De l'Imprimerie de Du Pont, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, 1792). unknown books