Traité des caracteres extérieurs des fossiles, traduit de l'allemand ... par le traduceur de Mémoires de Cymie de Scheele [Claudine Poullet Picardet].
Werner, (A.G.)
First French edition, 9 folding typographic tables (one defective), contemporary calf-backed boards over marbled boards with vellum corners, black leather spine lettering piece, joints cracked and front board almost off, internally a very good unsophisticated crisp copy, large 12mo., Dijon, L.N. Frantin, 1790
The translator had some difficulty in finding suitable mineralogical terms in French, and has provided Werner's original German terminology in a facing translation on the folding tables. German terms are also included throughout the text. There do not seem to be significant textual changes, but Picardet does supply a summary in the form of an extra table. 4 copies only on KVK (including Bib. Nat.); 14 copies on OCLC, duplicating the Bib. Nat. copy, but adding another three copies in France; no copies reported by RLIN.
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