Dictionnaire Universel des Fossiles propres et des Fossiles accidentels, contenant une Description des Terres, des...
Titles printed in red & black. 1 p.l., xxxii, 284 pp.; 1 p.l., 256 pp. Two vols. in one. 8vo, cont. sheep, spine nicely gilt. The Hague: P. Gosse, Jr. & D. Pinet, 1763.
First edition, The Hague issue (there is also an Avignon issue). Bertrand (1712-77), Swiss naturalist and geologist and a member of many scientific societies throughout Europe, wrote several interesting books on earthquakes, the structure of the earth, and other geological matters.
“Scarce. An early comprehensive dictionary defining terms used in the 18th century study of oryctology, which by today’s convention would include all of the earth... More