Klaproth, Martin Heinrich (1787)

Observations | Relative To The | Mineralogical And Chemical | History | Of The | Fossils Of Cornwall. | By Martin Henry Klaproth, | Assessor Of The College Of Physicians And Apothe- | caries, And Extraordinary Member Of The Friend- | ly Society Of Inquirers Into Nature, Of Berlin. | Translated From The German | By John Gottlieb Groschke, M.D. | Professor Of Natural History In The College Of Mitav. | [tapered rule] | London: | Printed For J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul’s | Church–Yard. | [rule] | M. DCC. LXXXVII.

Collation: 8°: [4] v-viii [1] ii-iv 5-84 p., frontispiece

Plates: one hand-colored frontispiece

Page size: 130 x 213 mm.

Binding: contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked, with gilt ornaments and gilt lettering on red spine label

Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of William Gilstrap

Other editions: originally published as an article (see: Schriftteller der Gesellschaft für Naturforscher in Berlin, 7, 1786)

References: Schuh 2690

Collection: private collection