AUBUISSON DE VOISINS, Jean François d'. Traité de Géognosie, ou Exposé des Connaissances actuelles sur la Constitution Physique et Minérale du Globe Terrestre.
Two folding engraved plates (one hand-colored) & one folding table. 2 p.l., lxi, [1], 496 pp.; 2 p.l., 665 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. mottled French sheep, spines attractively gilt, red & green morocco lettering pieces on spines. Strasbourg: F.G. Levrault; Paris: le Prince, 1819. First edition of the first competent treatment of general geology published in France; it gained wide popularity on account of its clearness and the elegance in its mode of treatment. Aubuisson de Voisins (1769-1841), studied under Werner, taking his courses in mineralogy, geology, and mining, and was appointed chief of the mineralogical district of Toulouse in 1811, an administrative post covering the entire Pyrenees region. "In this excellent treatise the transition from Neptunianism to more modern and scientific views is well displayed."Geikie, p. 402. Handsome set from the Freilich collection with bookplate. D.S.B., I, pp. 327-28. Zittel, pp. 143-44.
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