THE HISTORY OF MINERAL COLLECTING 1530-1799 (SECOND HAND COPY IN VERY GOOD CONDITION)

THE HISTORY OF MINERAL COLLECTING 1530-1799

By Wendell E. Wilson

(Second hand copy in very good condition)

A special issue of the American publication The Mineralogical Record on the history of mineral collecting from the time of Georgius Agricola up until the end of the 18th century.

Meticulously researched, it covers the development of collecting throughout Europe and includes notes on 1,200 early mineral collectors.

Published by the Mineralogical Record. 1994 (Mineralogical Record, Volume 25, Number 6). Black and white and colour photographs. Softback. 264 pages. Very good condition.

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