Collecting the new, rare and curious : letters selected from the correspondence of the Cornish mineralogists Philip Rashleigh, John Hawkins and William Gregor, 1755-1822 / edited with an introduction by R.J. Cleevely

Hawkins, John, 1761-1841 [VerfasserIn] ; Gregor, William, 1761-1817 [VerfasserIn] ; Cleevely, R. J. [HerausgeberIn]

Englisch

Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer, 2023

1 online resource (lxxxv, 246 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (colour), digital, PDF file(s).

Previously issued in print: Exeter: Devon and Cornwall Record Society, 2011. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 4, 2023)

Erscheint auch als (Druck-Ausgabe) : ISBN 9780901853523

978-1-78744-772-1

978-0-901853-52-3

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-901853-52-3 (Druckausgabe)

DOI: 10.1017/9781787447721

*Rashleigh, Philip -- 1730-1811 -- Correspondence ; Hawkins, John -- 1761-1841 -- Correspondence ; Gregor, William -- 1761-1817 -- Correspondence ; Mineralogists -- Correspondence -- England

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 549.092242

Mineral collectors made a significant contribution to the development of mineralogy as a science and the rich variety of specimens found in the South West of England enabled Cornish collectors to play a significant part in this process. This volume contains 168 letters selected from the correspondence of three 18th-century Cornishmen - Philip Rashleigh, the Reverend William Gregor, and John Hawkins - with other British and European researchers. It illustrates the motives of collectors and the ways in which improvements in identifying and studying minerals were made.

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