Observations générales sur les rapports des différentes structures de la terre d'après la théorie de Werner.

Paris, Journal de Physique, 1809. 4to (26.5 x 21.0 cm). 25 pp.; one folded engraved plate. Original printed wrappers. Written by the Polish geologist Stanislaw [Stanislas] Dunin Borkowski (1782-1850). According to the author, "Parmi les grands conceptions dont l'esprit humain s'honore, la Géognosie tient le premier rang". Borkowski continued with explaining the different types of rock and their formation according to Werner's neptunism. This may well be the first French work explaining Werner's theory. The author's name is misprinted as "Stanislas Dublin Borkowski", and this has been emended in an old hand. Offprint. With broad margin and untrimmed. Signed and dedicated, on the front wrapper, by the author to Baron de Moll; i.e., the Austrian naturalist and statesman Karl Maria E(h)renbert Freiherr von Moll (1760-1838). "From 1790 to 1804 he served as chancellor of the exchequer for Salzburg, afterwards residing in Munich and Augsburg, where he devoted his energies to natural history. In 1807 he became a member of the Academie der Wissenschaften in Munich, where up until 1827, he served as secretary in the class of mathematics and physics. During his career he amassed a library of 80,000 books, including many rare volumes on natural history. He also owned a diverse collection of zoological specimens, a significant herbarium in which Alpine flora was well represented, and an impressive mineral collection, of which, a portion was bought by the British Museum" (Wikipedia). Uncut. light wear to edges, otherwise very good, clean. Rare.