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D'Acosta's Mineralogy, 8vo.

Axel Fredrik Cronstedt (1722-1765), An essay towards a system of mineralogy … edited by E. Mendes da Costa</em. (London: Charles Dilly, 1788)

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

By July 1777

Primary Source Reference:

Museum Auction Broadside, Lot 13 (Natural History)

Author/Composer:

Cronstedt, Axel Fredrik, 1722-1765

Notes:

Not listed in Library Company's 1789 Catalogue; Library Company has Rush, Cox, and Preston copies (1770, 1772, and 1788 respectively)

Valued at 1s 6d in Du Simitière's estate inventory, Library Company of Philadelphia, p. 4

Du Simitière lent "Essay on Mineralogy" to Mr. Erklens on 3 July 1777. Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 23r

Title Information:

An essay towards a system of mineralogy … edited by E. Mendes da Costa

Imprint Information:

London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1770