Elogio historico de José Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva. Lido na sessao publica da Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa amplamente annotado

In 8, pp. 102 + (1) + (1b) with litho De Andrada’s portrait. Back cover remade. Original cover lightly dusty. José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (1763 – 1838) was a Portoguese statesman, naturalist an professor. He was born in Santos, Sao Paulo, a Portoguese Empire colony. He discovered and described four minerals, including petalite, in which the element lithium was later first discovered. In 1800 he was appointed professor of geology at Coimbra.

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