$277
Robinson, Samuel (1783-1827) A Catalogue of American Minerals, with their Localities. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, & Co., 1825. First edition, octavo, ex libris Charles Goodspeed, with his bookplate inside the front board, bound in original half cloth and boards; blotch on title page, 8 3/4 x 5 in. "The first comprehensive catalog of American mineral localities and one of the earliest mineralogical treatises published in the United States. It is, the preface declares, 'not only calculated for a guide to those who are traveling to make collections; but to the mineralogist who is stationary, it presents a condensed view of the minerals he may wish to obtain.' Robinson compiled the localities by thoroughly searching the literature, and in particular he notes his debt to Parker Cleaveland's Treatise (2nd ed., Boston, 1822) and The American Journal of Science . This work, for many years the authoritative source on America's mineral resources, attracted enough attention that Frederick Hall published an article correcting the errors contained in the catalog [See: American Journal of Science: 15 (1829), 197-9]." (Quoted from Curtis Schuh's Mineralogy and Crystallography: An Annotated Biobibliography of Books 1469 to 1919 ).
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-10-30
