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Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

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London: Longman, Rees, et al., 1829. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (218 x 135 mm). [2], lv [1], 619, [1] pp., 7 steel engraved plates (6 of them engraved in copper, the other a lithograph), 51 woodcuts in the text (two of them hand-colored). Contemporary calf, spine rebacked, two-line gilt tooled border on sides (light wear to boards and extremities), cut edges gilt. Internally very light age-toning, scattered minor foxing to first 3 leaves, otherwise crisp and unstained. A fine, unmarked copy with ample margins. ---- DSB XIII, 547-8. FIRST EDITION. Ure (1778-1857) "studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, receiving his degree in 1801. In 1804, he was elected to the Chair of Natural Philosophy in the Andersonian Institution. He became a consulting chemist when he moved to London in 1830. Ure was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1822" (Mineralogical Record). "A pioneer in the teaching of… Read More