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GAROFALO, Biagio (lat.: Blasius Caryophilus, 1677-1762) De Antiquis Auri, Argenti, Stanni, Aeris, Ferri, Plumbique Fodinis opusculum. - Wien, Trattner, 1757

4to. XX, 152, (2) pp.; light uniform browning throughout but a good copy in contemp. calf, spine with a leather label, raised bands and richly gilt; corners and head of spine slightly worn.

The first (only ?) edition of a rare work on mines and the exploitation of their different minerals. The author was a learned Neapolitan who lived for some time in Vienna. Biogr. Univ. XXIII, 232, and DBI LII, 362. Roller & Goodman I, 444. Wellcome III, 91. Neither in Hoover nor in Ward & Carozzi.

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