The First to Employ the Term 'Mineralogy'
Mineralogia, sive Naturalis philosophiae thesauri.
Lyon: J. & P. Prost, 1636. Mineralogia, sive Natvralis philosophiae thesauri, in qvibvs metallicae concretionis medicatorĂºmque fossilium miracula, terrarum pretium, colorum & pigmentorum apparatus concretorum succorum virtus lapidum atque gemmarum dignitas continentur. Lyon: J. & P. Prost, 1636. Folio (360x230 mm), [16], 626, [70] pp. Contemporary flexible vellum, title lettered..... More