%0 Book
%T Collecting the new, rare and curious: letters selected from the correspondence of the Cornish mineralogists Philip Rashleigh, John Hawkins and William Gregor, 1755-1822
%A Rashleigh, Philip
%A Hawkins, John
%A Gregor, William
%E Cleevely, R. J.
%S Devon and Cornwall Record Society, new series volume 52
%D 2023
%I Boydell & Brewer
%C Woodbridge
%@ 9781787447721
%G English
%F 1852919965
%O edited with an introduction by R.J. Cleevely
%O 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)
%X 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.
%L 549.092242
%K Mineralogists
%K England
%9 Text
%R 10.1017/9781787447721
%U https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781787447721/type/BOOK
%U https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787447721