WOODWARD, John

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WOODWARD, John
Geographie physique, ou essay sur l'histoire naturelle de la terre translated from English by M. Noguez. With the answer to the observations of M. le docteur Camerarius; several letters written on the same subject; the methodical distribution of fossils translated by the R.P. Nicéron. Paris, Briasson, 1735. In-4 (254 x 190 mm) of XIV, 389 pp, 1 f.n.ch., 1 folding engraved plate. Speckled calf, spine ribbed and ornamented, spotted edges (contemporary binding). See Sinkankas II, 7324 (for the original English edition of 1728); DSB, XIV, 502. Original edition of the French translation of this important treatise on mineralogy. Divided into two parts the first deals with natural phenomena in general and minerals in particular, the second part is occupied by letters written to Isaac Newton and John Hoskins. The engraving shows a cross-section of the earth. "Woodward was the first British author to publish a systematic classification and description based on his own observations. His classification of fossil organic remains was one of the earliest of its kind" (DSB). Nice copy from the library of the geographer Dezauche with his bookplate.
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