A collection of 33 hand-coloured mineralogical maps of France prepared for the first geological atlas.
N.p. n.d., ca. 1766-1780. A unique collection of maps prepared for the first geological atlas of France. “These maps, so far as I know, were the first ever constructed to express the superficial distribution of minerals and rocks. The gifted Frenchman [Guettard] who produced them is thus the father of..... More
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