[Books on Mineralogy]
Anon
Genre: | Anecdote, Drollery |
Subjects: | Mineralogy, Publishing |
'A person inquired at a punning bookseller's, the other day, if there was any recent work on mineralogy. "I don't know," replied the witty bibliopole: "if there is any thing of the kind it must be Feldspar (Field's Parr)."' | |
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