Aubuisson de Voisins, Jean François d’. (1819). Traité de Géognosie, ou exposé des connaissances actuelles sur la constitution physique et minérale du globe Terrestre. Strasbourg: FG, Levrault. 1st

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Aubuisson de Voisins, Jean François d’. (1819). Traité de Géognosie, ou exposé des connaissances actuelles sur la constitution physique et minérale du globe Terrestre. Strasbourg: FG, Levrault. 1st edition. 2 volumes. V1. 496 + lx pp. + foldout hand-coloured engraved sections . V2. 665pp + foldout uncoloured engraved sections. HB. Marbled paper-covered boards with brown leather half binding with gilt lettering to spine. Marbled end papers. Bumped and worn. V1, head of spine damaged and base of spine missing, and front hinge split at top and nearly detached. V2. head of spine damaged and front hinge weak. Owner signature on both volumes title pages. Text age-toned, but clean, unmarked. In fair to good condition.

The first geological textbook in France based on the teachings of Werner.