Sage, Balthazar-Georges (1777)
Élémens | De | Minéralogie | Docimastique. | Par M. Sage. | Seconde Édition. | [rule] | Tome Premier [-Second]. | [rule] | [ornament] | A Paris, | De L’Imprimerie Royale. | [double rule] | M DCCLXXVII.
Collation: 2 vols.
Vol. 1: 8°: a-c8 A-X8 Y2; [2] iij-xlvij [1] [1] 2-339 [1 blank] p., frontispiece
Vol. 2: 8°: π1 A-Bb8 a-c8; [2] [1] 2-400 j-xlvj [2] p., one plate, one folding table
Plates: frontispiece (portrait of Sage) signed «F.G. Colson Pinx.» «J. Beauvarlet S.» and one plate (unsigned)
Page size: 127 x 194 mm
Binding: contemporary calf, decorated spine with 5 gilt raised bands and gilt lettering title, edges red
Provenance: "Ex Libris Aug-Gilbert"; manuscript note on title pages: "pour les capucins de Val… (?). Anselme"
Other editions: French (first edition in 1782); German and Italian translations
References: Cole 1144; Hoover 708; Schuh 4244; Sinkankas 5683; Ward & Carozzi 1944
Collection: private collection
