CRONSTEDT, AXEL FREDRIK.

An Essay Towards a System of Mineralogy... Translated from the Original Swedish, with Notes, by Gustav von Engestrom... Revised and Corrected... by Emanuel Mendes da Costa. 2 engraved folding plates. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rebound retaining original covers and spine panels; advertisement bound in rear. London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1770 first edition in english. Cronstedt is considered to be the founder of the systematic blowpipe analysis in the examination of minerals.