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‎Mineralsystem, worin die Fossilien nach Klassen, Abtheilungen, Gattungen, Arten und Spielarten angeordnet, beschrieben und durch Beobachtungen, Versuche und Abbildungen erläutert werden : in einem Auszug gebracht und mit äussern Beschreibungen und Zusätzen vermehrt, etc. [2 volumes] I: Erd- und Steinarten, II: Erze und Steinwüchse‎

‎Berlin, Friedrich Nicolai 1781-1783 1st edition in German, Complete in 2 volumes bound in 1 physical volume: xvi,[4],930 [= i.e.396] + xii,[8],572,[14] pp., with 3 folding plates out of text (copper engravings, 2 in 1st part with few small wormholes, and 1 plate in 2nd part), 20cm., text in German in Gothic script, contemporary hardcover, leather spine with 5 raised bands, gilt title on spine, some wear at corners and upper side of spine, 2 small worm holes in lower part of spine, 2 modern ex-libris stamps of previous owner on first blanco endpaper, one old handwritten ex-libris on title page, some occasional browning and foxing (text always well readable), good condition, [J.G. Wallerius, 1709-1785, was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist. This work "Mineralsystem" is the first German edition of Wallerius' "Systema Mineralogicum" in Latin. Each of the two parts has a subtitle: Part I: "Erd- und Steinarten", II: "Erze und Steinwüchse"], W95387‎