FIRST TO USE THE TERM "MINERALOGY" CAESIUS, BERNARDUS.

Mineralogia, sive Naturalis Philosophiae Thesauri. Printed in red and black. Engraved vignette. [16], 626 pages. Folio, 1/4 calf gilt over boards, worn, with loss at spine ends; half-title backed, several leaves with marginal repairs or reinforcements; contemporary owner's marks on title. London: J. and P. Prost, 1636 first edition of a "large compilation of mineralogical knowledge, with much on paleontological specimens as then known, and also on gemstones... apparently he was the first to employ the term mineralogy"--Sinkankas 1222.